Legal Opinion

Landell v. Hamilton

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 4, 1896No. Appeal, No. 202PublishedCited by 68 opinions

Appeal, No. 202, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiffs, from decree’ of C. P. No. 2, Pliila. Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 551, refusing injunction. Bill in equity for an injunction, to restrain the erection of a building on an alleged servient lot. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court refused an injunction. Error assigned was decree refusing injunction.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Dean,

In the year 1831, William Hause, being the owner of a lot of ground on the South side of Chestnut street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, fronting on Chestnut seventy-four feet and extending back to Sansom street two hundred and thirty-five feet, divided it into three lots, giving the middle and western lot, each, a frontage on Chestnut street of twenty-five feet, and the eastern one twenty-four feet on the same street, all extending back at right angles to Sansom street. On each of the two outer lots, he built a three and a half story brick house, covering…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Clark v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
  2. Bald Eagle Valley Railroad v. Nittany Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  3. Muzzarelli v. HulshizerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  4. Jewell v. LeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867

3Cited by68 opinions

  1. Michener AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  2. Finley v. Glenn Et Ux.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  3. Schadt v. BrillMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Price v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  5. Benner v. Tacony Athletic Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

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