Caron v. Margolin

An action on the case to recover damages for interference with an easement common to lot owners abutting on Ash Street in the city of Lewiston, the easement consisting of a building restriction within twelve feet of the street line.

In 1872 the Franklin Company, located in Lewiston and owning a large tract of vacant land, divided it into lots with streets projected on a plan and in conveying inserted in each deed of the lots now owned by the parties to this cause, and also in the deeds of the other lots fronting on Ash Street, a restriction that no building should be erected within twelve feet…