Brownsey v. General Printing Ink Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

Plaintiff seeks reparation of an injury consequent upon defendant’s asserted tortious conduct. The jury empaneled to try the issue returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff; and defendant appeals from the ensuing judgment.

These are the pertinent facts and circumstances: Defendant and one Fitzsimmons were the owners of contiguous tracts of land. Defendant erected a garage on its lands, adjoining a fence built upon what the jury could have found from the proofs was the common boundary line. The garage roof sloped downward to the boundary line,…