Whitlock v. Uhle
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to secure the removal of ajerice claimed to have been maliciously erected with intent to injure and annoy the plaintiffs in the use of their adjacent land, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Curtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The plaintiff Mrs. Whitlock and the defendant are owners of adjacent lots of land, each with a dwell ing-house thereon. The dividing line is marked by a picket fence three and one half feet high, distant about thirty-one feet from Mrs. Whitlock’s house. On July 14th, 1900, the defendant erected along the line of said picket fence a fence about nine feet high, the part above the picket fence being a tight board fence of common boards, and extending from within sixteen feet of the street line about one hundred and sixteen feet to the rear. Said board fence is unsightly and cuts off the view…
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