Farmer v. Young
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Madison District Court. — Hon. J. H. Applegate, Judge. Action on the award of fence viewers. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict for the defendant. A motion for a new trial, filed by the plaintiff, was overruled, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
The plaintiff and defendant are the owners of adjoining tracts of land. The plaintiff built a fence one hundred and twenty rods in length on the boundary line between the tracts. He claims that it is the duty of the defendant to pay for or rebuild one-half of it as a partition fence, and submitted the matter to the fence viewers. They found that the defendant should pay the value of one-half the fence, fixed at *383fifteen dollars and costs, and provided that, in case she .should elect to rebuild it, she should rebuild the west part, sixty rods in length. The defendant having refused to pay the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bills v. BelknapSupreme Court of Iowa · 1874