Sinnott v. District Court of Clarke County

The occasion of this somewhat intricate controversy is a simple thing, a partition fence. The practical considerations of a proper division and maintenance of the fence—the only things, we take it, in which the litigants may be supposed to be vitally interested—are quite obscured by questions of procedure.

In the interest of simplicity of statement and easy understanding of the situation we shall refer to the parties by name or official title. Eliza Jane Wade, a widow, and her five adult children are the owners m common of 40 acres of land adjoining land belonging to P. W. Sin-nott, and Mrs.…