Sims v. Field
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court. — Hon. GI-. Porter, Judge. The following diagram represents the plaintiff’s and defendant’s lands and the fences in question in the case: a b represents the dividing line between the lands of plaintiff and defendant; cd e represents defendant’s fence; f g represents plaintiff’s fence; d g represents the connecting fence.
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, J.
Plaintiff and defendant were occupants of adjoining tracts of land, each claiming to own the land in his possession, and, for the present purpose, the latter fact may be conceded. The defendant’s land was inclosed by a fence, the south line of which stood twenty feet north of the south line of his land. Plaintiff’s fence was on ornear the north line of his land, and was joined to defendant’s by a short string of fence, running north from his own. This connection was made by agreement, it is alleged, between former owners. The defendant removed his fence *141without giving six months’ notice to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jeffries v. BurginSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
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