Keats v. Hugo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The eirst case was an action of tort for obstructing the passage of light and air to the plaintiff’s dwelling-house in Attleboro In the Superior Court judgment was ordered for the defendants on the following agreed facts, and the plaintiff appealed to this court: On August 10, 1871, the defendants conveyed to the plaintiff by warranty deed in the usual form a certain lot of land with a dwelling-house thereon, situated on the line between the parties, created by said…
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The eirst case was an action of tort for obstructing the passage of light and air to the plaintiff’s dwelling-house in Attleboro In the Superior Court judgment was ordered for the defendants on the following agreed facts, and the plaintiff appealed to this court: On August 10, 1871, the defendants conveyed to the plaintiff by warranty deed in the usual form a certain lot of land with a dwelling-house thereon, situated on the line between the parties, created by said conveyance; the said lot so conveyed being part of a larger lot then, and the remainder of which is now, owned by the…
1Opinion of the Court
The second case was a bill in equity by the trustees under the will of Amherst Eaton, for an injunction to prevent the building of a wall which it was alleged would obstruct the windows of a dwelling-house on Washington Street, in Boston, and an interference with the light and air coming to the same. After the bill was filed the defendant finished the wall, and an amended bill was filed.
The case was reserved for the full court by Morton, J., upon the bill, amended bill and answers, and agreed facts, and was as follows:
In 1802 Sarah Davies, under whom both parties claim, purchased a lot of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Lampman v. . MilksNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Parker & Edgarton v. FooteNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Thurston v. HancockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1815
- Wintersmith & Young v. Pointer & ConwayCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859
- Janes v. JenkinsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1871
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