Babcock v. Laidlaw

The bill in this case was filed to restrain the defendants from violating a restrictive covenant, prohibiting, inter alia, "any building or other erection for the carrying on of any trade or businesss noxious, offensive or dangerous to the neighboring inhabitants." The situation disclosed by the pleadings and affidavits is as follows:

The complainant is the owner of a lot of land situate on the easterly corner of Northfield avenue and Rollinson street, in the town of West Orange, on which is erected a one-family dwelling. The defendants Laidlaw are the owners of a lot of land on the westerly…