Orne v. Fridenberg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 219 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 695 March Term 1881, C. P. No. 1. On June 3, 1881, John F. Orne filed a bill in equity against Solomon R. Eridenberg, Samuel M. Eridenberg and Isaac S. Isaacs, executors and devisees in trust under the will of Louis E. Fridenberg, to restrain the maintenance of certain alleged violations of building restrictions, contained in a conveyance to Thomas C. Rockhill of tbe premises occupied by the defendants.
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No. 219 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 695 March Term 1881, C. P. No. 1. On June 3, 1881, John F. Orne filed a bill in equity against Solomon R. Eridenberg, Samuel M. Eridenberg and Isaac S. Isaacs, executors and devisees in trust under the will of Louis E. Fridenberg, to restrain the maintenance of certain alleged violations of building restrictions, contained in a conveyance to Thomas C. Rockhill of tbe premises occupied by the defendants. The bill averred, in substance, that Edward Shippen Burd, being seised in fee of a certain described lot with the buildings thereon, now…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
This was a bill filed in the court below to restrain the defendants, who are the appellants here, from continuing to maintain certain erections on the premises 908 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, upon the ground that they were erected in violation of certain building restrictions imposed upon said property by Edward Shippen Burd, when he sold and conveyed it to Thomas C. Rockhill in 1825. The title to the adjoining or Burd property has been vested by numerous mesne conveyances in the plaintiff, and the Rockhill property is now owned by the appellants as…
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