Mahlandt v. Jabes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, J.:

This case was filed as a boundary dispute, quiet title action, and an action for both actual and punitive damages. The defendants filed a counterclaim seeking similar relief. The litigation involves: five common boundaries dividing the parties’ properties; title to two tracts of land adjacent to one of the boundaries; an earthen dike built by plaintiffs on defendants’ land; and a section of fence torn out and held by the defendants when they discovered it encroaching upon them. Both parties have appealed from various orders of the trial…