Legal Opinion
Noronha v. Stewart
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 10, 1988No. B020539PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROTHMAN, J. *
Defendants appeal a judgment pertaining to an encroaching wall that defendants built on plaintiffs’ property. We reverse in part.
In 1978, defendants Richard and Mattie Stewart purchased a house in a newly constructed residential subdivision in San Pedro, the Terragona Homes. Defendants’ lot, lot No. 11, was adjacent to and down a slight slope from lot No. 12 which would eventually be purchased by the plaintiffs. Shortly after moving in, defendants contacted the apparent owner or the adjacent lot No. 12—at that time, Lawrence Jett—about building a wall between their…
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