Greene v. Canny
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The FIRST CASE was a bill in equity, filed September 15, 1881, by Patrick J. Greene, John Paine, Clarissa A. Beaumont, and Thomas McCormick, to restrain the defendant from opening and using a way from the northeasterly end of Webster Court, in Boston, into a lot of land, of which the defendant had a lease, and which is marked No. 7 on a plan, a copy of which is printed on the opposite page; and also to restrain him from opening and using a way from Webster Avenue over the…
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The FIRST CASE was a bill in equity, filed September 15, 1881, by Patrick J. Greene, John Paine, Clarissa A. Beaumont, and Thomas McCormick, to restrain the defendant from opening and using a way from the northeasterly end of Webster Court, in Boston, into a lot of land, of which the defendant had a lease, and which is marked No. 7 on a plan, a copy of which is printed on the opposite page; and also to restrain him from opening and using a way from Webster Avenue over the lot marked a on said plan, and thence into Revere Place; and to compel him to restore to their original condition a wall…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
Revere Place was laid out in 1843 as a private way, or common court, by John Hall, who then owned the premises, for the benefit of seven lots owned by him, which abutted thereon, or had access thereto by a subordinate passage which formed a part of it. Of two of these lots, numbered 7 and 3, Canny is now respectively the lessee and owner, and his right to the use of the private way for their benefit is not in dispute. The plaintiffs Beaumont, Paine, and Greene are the owners respectively of lots numbered 4, 5, and 6, on Revere Place. As the claim of the plaintiff McCormick is entirely…
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