Broumel v. White

The bill in this case was filed by Francis White, the appellee, for an injunction to restrain the appellant, Louisa M. Broumel, from maintaining her dwelling and other houses on what is alleged to be the bed of Chestnut street, and a mandatory injunction is prayed requiring the appellee to remove said buildings from the bed of said street.

The ground upon which the appellee places this application for the exercise of this extraordinary power of a Court of Equity, is that Chestnut street nearly twenty years ago was dedicated to the public as a street or highway. The answer denies that there…