Griffith v. Carrothers

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action to recover an award of $180 made by fence viewers after a view of a hedge, fence 160 rods long which had grown .between *94the fax-ms of appellant and appellees. It appears that the hedge was planted by the predecessor in title of appellant, about thirty-five years ago, and, not being trimmed, Osage orange trees had grown in it large enough for telephone poles, fence and corral posts. The viewers, called under the fence law, divided the fence and assigned the north half of it to appellant as the share to be kept up by…