Puorto v. Chieppa
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in. the nature of trespass qu. cl. fr., brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Oase, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The complaint alleges that on the 10th of December, 1908, the defendants wrongfully entered upon the plaintiffs’ land on Grand Avenue in the city of New Haven and cut off a portion of the eaves and cornice of the plaintiffs’ house, and erected and maintained a building projecting over the plaintiffs’ land and constituting a trespass thereon; and, by building the wall of their house, interfered with the plaintiffs’ right to have unobstructed light and air through the windows of their house over the defendants’ land. These averments were denied by the answer.
The material facts found are these :…
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