Emery v. Medal Building Corporation

This writ of error presents a rather knotty problem and arises from the fact that a house was so constructed as to encroach about 2 feet on an adjoining lot. To aid in an understanding of the entire matter, there is set forth at right a diagram, not to scale, which when considered in connection with the balance of this opinion will hopefully bring the dispute into focus.

At the outset we would observe that our solution of the matter is made somewhat more difficult than would ordinarily be the case by the fact that: (a) there is no appearance in this Court by any of the three defendants in…