Lanahan v. Gahan

The appellant seeks to restrain the appellee by injunction from the use of a division wall between their adjoining lots, alleging that such wall, being the northern wall of his building, is his exclusive property, and that the use attempted to be made of it by the appellee will weaken and impair it, and, at the same time, tend to destroy its exclusive character and convert it into a party wall. The appellee, on the other hand, contends that he has a right to use the wall as contemplated by him, because the same is partly located on his ground, and is not therefore the exclusive property of…