Jessup v. Bamford Brothers Silk Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

The plaintiff in error is the owner of a lot of land fronting on. Rip Van Winkle avenue in the city of Paterson. The lot is located upon the side of a hill, sloping sharply down from its rear line to the avenue. Upon the lot the plaintiff in error has constructed several buildings, one of which is styled a dye-house.. This latter building is erected upon the street line and extends about one hundred and fifty feet back toward the rear of the lot. Owing to the lay of the land the rear of the building is necessarily upon a higher plane than…