Boston Baptist Social Union v. Trustees of Boston University
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed May 22, 1902, under R L. c. 182, § 11, to determine the validity of a possible equitable restriction on certain land of the petitioners in Ashburton Place in Boston. In the Superior Court the case came on to be heard before Richardson, J., who reserved it upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts for determination by this court.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a petition brought under the provisions of R L. c. 182, § 11, to determine the validity of a certain incumbrance upon land of the petitioners. One of the petitioners holds its title as mortgagee, the other as the owner of the equity. The Boston Baptist Social Union, the owner of the equity, which corporation we will call the petitioner, has succeeded to the title of lot numbered sixteen on a plan of lots upon Ashburton Place, formerly called Somerset Court, owned by George W. Crockett *203prior to February 21,1844. At that time the Mount Vernon Congregational Society owned the lot next…
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