Sime v. Jensen

Peterson, Justice.

Plaintiff sues defendant for trespass upon his land and for removal of lateral support therefrom. Defendant denied liability and counterclaimed for nuisance and for trespass committed by plaintiff upon her land.

The parties own adjoining easterly facing lots on Chicago avenue in Minneapolis, which were formerly under common ownership. In 1938 plaintiff bought his lot and erected a house thereon, which was completed in July 1939. Subsequently defendant bought the lot adjoining plaintiff’s on the south and erected a house thereon, which was completed in 1940.

The lots are on a…