Arafe v. Howe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on October 4,1915, by the lessee of the basement of the building numbered from-83 to 87, inclusive, on Summer Street in Boston, against the Trustees of the Kingston Trust, under a deed of trust dated June 10, 1913, praying (1) that the defendants be enjoined from allowing certain iron pipes, alleged to have been installed by the agents of the defendants, to remain in such a position as to make it impossible to open certain windows…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on October 4,1915, by the lessee of the basement of the building numbered from-83 to 87, inclusive, on Summer Street in Boston, against the Trustees of the Kingston Trust, under a deed of trust dated June 10, 1913, praying (1) that the defendants be enjoined from allowing certain iron pipes, alleged to have been installed by the agents of the defendants, to remain in such a position as to make it impossible to open certain windows in the basement, (2) that the defendants be ordered to remove such iron pipes, (3) that the lease from the defendants to…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The plaintiff is the lessee named in a certain lease given to him by the defendants of “The whole of the basement under the building situated qn the corner of Summer and Kingston streets in said Boston ...” with certain exceptions not material to the issues involved.
The premises were to be used by the plaintiff as a bowling alley and pool room and the lease is for the term of five years from October 1, 1914. This suit is brought for the re-formation of the lease and for an abatement and reduction of the rent reserved *50on account of the taking of a part of the premises leased and for other acts…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Epstein v. DunbarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Dakin v. SavageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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