Canal-Villere Realty Co. v. S. Gumble Realty & Securities Co.

This is a suit to recover one-half of the value of a brick wall used by the defendant.

The plaintiff alleged that it is the owner of a building on the downtown river side of Canal Street; that the defendant, within the past six months, has made use of a part of the wall of plaintiff’s building by resting the flashing of its building adjoining on said wall, and by using the said wall as one of the sides for its said building, tieing the front wall of defendants’ property in with said division wall, and by coloring or whitewashing the wall to conform in appearance to the entire interior thereof;…