Kakas Bros. Co. v. Kaplan

This a bill filed under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231A by the owner of a parcel of land on Chauncy Street in Boston against the defendants Kaplan, the owners of an adjoining parcel of land, a mortgagee bank, and various tenants of the Kaplans, seeking a determination whether the plaintiff’s land is subject to an easement of light and air for the benefit of the Kaplan lot. The suit was submitted to the Superior Court upon a statement of agreed facts together with certain documents.

In 1849, the Rowe Street Baptist Church Society, a religious corporation, conveyed to Holmes Ammidown and others as…