City of Lewiston v. Grant
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal by defendant. This is a bill in equity brought by the City of Lewiston asking for a mandatory injunction and praying that a certain section of a building situated on the easterly side of Lisbon Street in the City of Lewiston between Main and Cedar Streets be condemned as a nuisance and torn down alleging that it was erected in violation of a building ordinance of the City of Lewiston.
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On appeal by defendant. This is a bill in equity brought by the City of Lewiston asking for a mandatory injunction and praying that a certain section of a building situated on the easterly side of Lisbon Street in the City of Lewiston between Main and Cedar Streets be condemned as a nuisance and torn down alleging that it was erected in violation of a building ordinance of the City of Lewiston. The defendants in their answer claimed that the repairs or erection were not a substantial violation of the ordinance, and that the ordinance was illegal and void. Upon a hearing before a single…
1Opinion of the CourtPiiilbrook, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff to restrain the defendants from enlarging a certain building in violation of an ordinance of the city which provides that no wooden building standing on any lot within certain described limits shall be repaired or altered so as to increase its present height or size. These limits are within the restricted area known as the fire district in the plaintiff city.
The case was heard before a single Justice upon a petition for temporary injunction, but all the evidence available having been put in at the hearing, it was agreed by the parties that an…
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