Metzger v. Hochrein
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an. order of the circuit court for Sheboygan county: Michael KiewaN, Circuit Judge. Action to restrain an alleged nuisance on facts set forth in the complaint in substance as follows: Plaintiff owns lots ■5, 6, 7, and 8 of block 15, division 1, in the village of Grlen-beulah, Wisconsin, on which she has a dwelling house located about four feet from the west line, surrounded by made lawns and yards, making an attractive and valuable home.
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Appeal from an. order of the circuit court for Sheboygan county: Michael KiewaN, Circuit Judge. Action to restrain an alleged nuisance on facts set forth in the complaint in substance as follows: Plaintiff owns lots ■5, 6, 7, and 8 of block 15, division 1, in the village of Grlen-beulah, Wisconsin, on which she has a dwelling house located about four feet from the west line, surrounded by made lawns and yards, making an attractive and valuable home. Defendant owns the adjoining lot on the west of plaintiff’s land, in connection with other lots, on which he has a dwelling house, located about…
1Opinion of the CourtMaRshall, J.
The question presented here is, May a person rightly use his own land as he sees fit, regardless of his-motives, if that use render adjoining property less valuable' and desirable for dwelling-house purposes, merely from diminished beauty of surroundings and access of light to the property, and opportunity to see it from the surrounding-territory and to freely view such territory therefrom, there being nothing projected from the adjacent land causing any injury to such property or its occupants? It will be noted that it is not claimed the acts complained of caused any physical injury to…
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