Chapman v. Nehman

Complainant brought summary proceedings to recover the possession of a strip of land about four feet wide. It was her claim that Dr. McGurk was the owner of the south half of a lot, and she was the owner of the other half; that he desired temporarily to build a stairway upon her land, leading to the upper story of his building; that he agreed to1 remove it whenever she wanted him to do so; that he agreed to build a gutter to take care of the water, and would make it right for the use of the land; and that she consented to this. It was the claim of *296defendant upon the trial that he and his…