Shanks v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff sued for damages for the destruction of a certain hedge fence, and the defendant by cross-petition made a like claim for damages concerning the same fence. The contention really involves the title to a hedge running on or near the line between the west half and the east half of the southwest quarter of a certain section of land in Mitchell county. The hedge had been allowed to grow for many years, until the plants had become trees of considerable value, and there was a scramble between the parties and their respective employees…