Vannest v. Dealaman
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from the District Court, first judicial district Somerset county.
1Opinion of the Court
*565Tlie opinion of the court was delivered by
Bergen, J.
The case, as settled by the trial court, shows that the plaintiff and defendant are the owners of adjoining farm lauds, separated by a partition fence, a portion of which it was the duty of defendant to erect and maintain; that defendant neglected to perform Ids duty in this regard, and because of the insufficiency of the fence, which the defendant was bound to maintain, a cow belonging to plaintiffs escaped from plaintiffs’ land and wandered to that of the defendant, on which there was growing a crop of corn which was then green and unripe…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Van Wyck v. SewardNew York Supreme Court · 1837
- Castner v. RiegelSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1892
- Fales v. ColeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891