Stroup v. Rauschelbach

This is an action in equity brought to abate a high board fence between adjoining lot owners on the ground that it obstructs thé view from plaintiff’s property, and prevents the circulation of air thereto. The petition further alleges that said fence is not ornamental, is not useful, since a fence three or four feet high would answer every purpose, and that it was erected solely for the purpose of injuring plaintiff and was without advantage to defendant, and is a continuing nuisance.

Plaintiff and defendant own and reside upon adjoining lots in the town of Versailles, Missouri. The lots are…