McKeever v. Jenks
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cla/rke Cvrouit Court. Action to recover one-balf of tbe value of a hedge grown bj plaintiffs upon the line of their land, which constitutes a division fence between plaintiffs’ and defendants’ lands. There was a verdict' for plaintiffs and a judgment rendered thereon, from which defendants appeal. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The petition alleges that plaintiffs “built a good and substantial hedge fence,” on the line of their land, constituting a division fence between it and land owned by defendants, which was then uninclosed and unimproved; that subsequently defendants inclosed their land and joined their fences to plaintiffs’ hedge; that the fence viewers of the township, upon plaintiffs request, after notice to defendants, did inspect the hedge and ascertain its value and that defendants were notified of the award by plaintiffs, who demanded payment for the fence. The plaintiffs claim to recover in this…
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