Hickory Grove Investors, Ltd. v. Jackson

Klatt, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendants-appellants, Michael Jackson and Christina Deal, appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment to plaintiff-appellee, Hickory Grove Investors Limited. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

{¶ 2} In mid-December 2002, Jackson, Deal, and their family moved into an apartment owned by Hickory Grove. At that time, the Jackson-Deal family included the couple’s two children and Deal’s son, Daiqwon Deal.

{¶ 3} Sometime in July or August 2004, Hickory Grove constructed a six-foot-high steel fence along a portion of…