Legal Opinion

Granberry v. Jones

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 17, 1949PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Tomlinson

Granberry, appellee here, and Miss Jones, appellant here, each owned a residence on adjoining lots in Tulla-homa. Due to the narrow frontage, Granberry’s residence is a little less than five and one-half feet from the boundary line between the two properties. Miss Jones planted an evergreen shrubbery hedge entirely on her side and within a few inches of this boundary line. This hedge has grown to a height of about twenty feet and its branches and foliage have grown over the boundary line and over Granberry’s property to such an extent as *53to rest against that side of Granberry’s residence and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SoarisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  2. Michalson v. NuttingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  3. Smith v. HoltSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
  4. Bliss v. BallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  5. Skinner v. WilderSupreme Court of Vermont · 1865

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  4. Ogle v. TrotterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
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