New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Plimpton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on April 6, 1915, and afterwards amended, for the reformation of a deed.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
By deed dated September 25, 1901, Herbert M. Plimpton, to whose rights the defendant Plimpton Press has succeeded, conveyed a parcel of land in Norwood to the New England Railroad Company, the predecessor in title of the plaintiff. The deed contained the following: “As part of the consideration for this conveyance said Railroad Company, for itself and its successors and assigns, agrees to maintain a connection from the line and tracks of said railroad to a certain track now built on a trestle adjacent to the manufacturing establishment on the adjoining land of said grantors, and to maintain…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Coolidge v. LoringMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Plimpton v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
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