Placke v. Haggerty

GUNN, Presiding Judge.

The classic dispute between neighbors over construction on property lines erupted into litigation which has reached this court on appeal. A fence built on a retaining wall bred the litigation, thereby assailing the veracity of the poet’s observation that, “Good fences make good neighbors.”1

James Haggerty, Jr., defendant in this action, inherited a dwelling house in Saint Louis Hills Estates No. 4 subdivision and undertook several remodeling projects before moving with his family into the residence. Haggerty made plans to convert the existing garage to a bedroom and erect…