Hulley v. Security Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Bill to enjoin the erection op a building. ■— It appears that .one Daniel Hulley, in his lifetime, about the 22d day of September, 1849, became seised in fee of certain lands and premises described in the bill of complaint in this cause, situate at the corner of Shipley and Sixth Streets, in the City of Wilmington, and that he erected thereon, about the year 1850 or 1852, a three-story, brick building; that between said building and the premises adjoining, on which there was…
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Bill to enjoin the erection op a building. ■— It appears that .one Daniel Hulley, in his lifetime, about the 22d day of September, 1849, became seised in fee of certain lands and premises described in the bill of complaint in this cause, situate at the corner of Shipley and Sixth Streets, in the City of Wilmington, and that he erected thereon, about the year 1850 or 1852, a three-story, brick building; that between said building and the premises adjoining, on which there was also a building used as a dwelling, there ran for a short distance a three foot alley, which was used in common by the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
Upon the presentation of the complainant’s bill, I granted a rule to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be awarded restraining the Security Trust & Safe Deposit Company from erecting a wall or building along the side of .said alley, opposite to the Hulley building, so as to obstruct the free light and passage of ail* *581substantially to the same, with a restraining order until the determination of the rule.
The defendant has filed an answer to the bill. Each party to the cause .has supported, or attempted to do so, his respective side of the controversy, by the…
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- Clawson v. PrimroseCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1873
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