Foss v. Wexler

The defendant holds title to a parcel of land at the corner of Columbia Road and Quincy Street, Dorchester, on which is a garage; the entrance and exit being on Columbia Road. The plaintiff is the legal owner of two dwelling houses on the opposite side of Quincy Street. He brought this bill in equity to restrain the defendant from using the building as a garage, and from storing gasoline therein. The suit is here on appeal from the decree of the Superior Court dismissing the bill.

The defendant is an employee of one Israel Sisson, the real owner of the garage property. In 1919 Sisson bought…