Swicord v. Hester

Bowles, Justice.

This case involves a boundary line dispute between the parties. The plaintiff-appellee filed for a temporary restraining order to restrain and enjoin the defendants-appellants from destroying the existing fence line and growing plants on their property until the matter could be resolved in court. Appellants answered, denying that there was any genuine dispute of the dividing line, alleging that the dividing line is as shown by appellee’s deed and claiming that the old fence line is on the property of the appellants.

The case proceeded to a jury trial. A verdict was returned in…