Coughlin v. Barker

This is an action in the nature of a suit in equity to restrain the defendant from erecting a house within thirty feet of the lot, adjacent to a lot owned and built upon by the plaintiffs. The court granted the relief prayed for, and the defendant appeals. It appeared from the pleadings and evidence that the plaintiffs held their lot by various mesne conveyances from James M. Carpenter, and that the original deed from Carpenter contained the restriction, that no building should be erected on the lot nearer than thirty feet to the south line of Hogan avenue, which is now Morgan street. It also…