Donovan v. Bissell

Action of trespass for tearing down a fence which had been built by the plaintiff as the division fence between lands occupied by himself and an adjoining lot. The defense was that the fence was upon land belonging to the defendants, and that it was lawfully torn down by them in their own right.

The chief contention on the trial concerned the proper location and boundaries of the plaintiff’s lands; the defendants claiming that an error had been committed by the plaintiff in locating his fences, whereby he had encroached fifty feet on lands belonging to Augustus E. Bissell, through whom the…