Martha Murrell v. Jeanette Brown

BARNES, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶1. On December 11, 2012, Jeanette Brown and Willie Coleman1 filed a com*289plaint against their next-door neighbor, Martha Murrell, for constructing a fence in violation of their subdivision’s protective covenants. The North Colony .subdivision covenants explicitly provide that “[n]o fence shall be constructed nor any other structure be constructed within 25 feet of front property line.” The complaint alleged that Murrell constructed a fence in her front yard within a few feet of the front property line in violation of this covenant, thereby diminishing the value of…