O'Keefe v. Sheehan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 14,1916, seeking to enjoin the defendants from violating an equitable restriction, described in the opinion, contained in a deed of land in Lynn owned by them and adjoining land of the plaintiffs, and from violation of a municipal ordinance relating to the erection of buildings.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on February 14,1916, seeking to enjoin the defendants from violating an equitable restriction, described in the opinion, contained in a deed of land in Lynn owned by them and adjoining land of the plaintiffs, and from violation of a municipal ordinance relating to the erection of buildings. In the Superior Court the suit on March 27, 1916, was referred to a master, who filed a report on March 6, 1918. Findings of the master on the question of loches were as follows: “When the defendant David J. Sheehan bought the property at 424 Broadway in the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
Upon a reservation from a judge of the Superior Court, this case is before the full court upon the pleadings, the) master’s report, and the defendants’ exceptions thereto. It is a' bill in equity wherein the plaintiffs seek to have the defendants restrained and enjoined from using or permitting the use of certain premises for stabling horses, or for the purposes of a general contracting business in violation of certain restrictions upon the use of the defendants’ premises, which restrictions the defendants concede attach to their premises and the premises of the plaintiffs, and enure to the…
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