Crullen v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.

This is a suit in equity to restrain the defendant from maintaining an electric light pole in front of the plaintiff’s premises in a private way twenty feet in width, known as Hilburn Place, in the Roslindale district of Boston.

The plaintiffs’ land is situated at the southeast corner of Poplar Street and Hilburn Place. Adjoining it on the east, and abutting on Hilburn Place, is the land of one Rogers. In 1915 Rogers granted permission to the defendant to erect and maintain a fine of two poles through this private way with the necessary fixtures for the transmission of electricity; and one…