Gardner v. Boston Water Power Co.
Gardner v. Boston Water Power Co.
Opinion of the Court
The Boston Water Power Company, by their agreement under seal of February 2d 1860, covenanted with the plaintiff “ to complete Avenue Number One, from Tremont to Boylston Street, according to its agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, within the term of two
The plans and directions are to be construed together; and they show a specific plan for the bridge then adopted, with the express reservation of the power to alter the plan afterward in the mode in which it has been altered. The plaintiff took his covenant subject to the contingency which has happened. No final and absolute direction of the commissioners was made. The reserved power to alter the one which they had then made has since been exercised. The construction of the bridge with enlarged dimensions by the defendants, with the consent of th commissioners, is equivalent to a new direction by the .otter After they had consented to an alteration in the plan of thy
The widening of the railroad, although subsequent to the con-1 ract between the parties, if made with the consent of the owners of the land over which it passed, and of the Commonwealth, does not concern the plaintiff. If it affected his interests unfavorably, he could have no claim for damages. And if it influenced the opinion of the commissioners that a change in the bridge would be desirable, and induced them to consent to it, it did not affect the extent of their reserved power to direct alterations in the bridge. Bill dismissed.
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- John L. Gardner v. Boston Water Power Company & another
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