Dinwiddie v. Stubbs

L. JULIAN SAMUEL, Judge ad hoc.

This is a suit brought by the owner of certain property in New Orleans against the owners of the adjoining property for the latters’ share of the cost of constructing a party fence.

The plaintiff, John E. Dinwiddie, desired to construct this fence between his residential property and the adjoining rental property owned by the defendants in in-división, and, in furtherance thereof, sent to one of the defendants, Allan Stubbs, the written notice required under Article 4502 of the New Orleans Building Code. At that time plaintiff was under the impression that the…