Law v. Weeter
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 31, April T., 1917, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1915, No. 1566, on bill in equity in case of .Willis B. Law and Robert B. Mitchell v. Albert C. Weeter. Bill in equity for an injunction. Macfarlane, J., found the facts to be as follows: Each of plaintiffs are owners of adjoining lots, and filed this bill to enjoin the defendant from erecting on his adjoining lot an enclosed porch in front of the building line. FINDINGS OF FACT.
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Appeal, No. 31, April T., 1917, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1915, No. 1566, on bill in equity in case of .Willis B. Law and Robert B. Mitchell v. Albert C. Weeter. Bill in equity for an injunction. Macfarlane, J., found the facts to be as follows: Each of plaintiffs are owners of adjoining lots, and filed this bill to enjoin the defendant from erecting on his adjoining lot an enclosed porch in front of the building line. FINDINGS OF FACT. First. Plaintiff, Law, has been for some years the owner of lot No. 70, Mitchell of lot No. 69, and the defendant of lot No.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
These plaintiffs, without objection, joined in a bill in equity to restrain the defendant from maintaining a specified addition to his dwelling house, and after hearing on bill, answer and proofs the court directed that the construction as defined in the testimony should be removed; and that he be perpetually restrained from enclosing the defined addition to the house with panelling, glass, or in any other manner. The properties of the plaintiffs and the defendant front on a public street, and in their several titles, each is subject to a building restriction as…
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