Wright v. Wright
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was originally an action brought by Martin Wright against Benjamin Wright, on the statute concerning Fences, &c., to recover the sum of forty dollars, awarded by the fence-viewers, under the 8th section of that statute.
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IN ERROR. This was originally an action brought by Martin Wright against Benjamin Wright, on the statute concerning Fences, &c., to recover the sum of forty dollars, awarded by the fence-viewers, under the 8th section of that statute. The declaration stated, that on the 13th day of July, 1826, Martin Wright, now deceased, owned a certain tract of land, or particular enclosure, situated in Westbrook, bounded Westerly on the highway, and every other way on the land of the defendant, and containing eighteen acres; the division fence betwixt which land of said Martin Wright and of the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
This is an action to recover the amount awarded by certain fence-viewers, under the eighth section of “An Act concerning Fences and Common Fields.” Among other things unimportant to the merits of the action, the declaration sets forth that the plaintiff and defendant are owners of enclosed lands, separated by a division fence or stone-wall, which it is their duty, mutually, to build and maintain; that the plaintiff and those under whom he holds, having built the entire length of wall, it has become the duty of the defendant to unite with the plaintiff in dividing it, and to pay him one-half…
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