Minnig's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of JSrie county: Of October and November Term 1875, No. 164. In Equity. This appeal was from a decree granting a special injunction to restrain Jacob Minnig from teaming down a fence between the lot of himself and wife, and that of the complainant, E. E. Stuerznickel.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of JSrie county: Of October and November Term 1875, No. 164. In Equity. This appeal was from a decree granting a special injunction to restrain Jacob Minnig from teaming down a fence between the lot of himself and wife, and that of the complainant, E. E. Stuerznickel. The bill, which was filed September 10th 1874, sets forth that complainant owns a lot on Ninth street in the city of Erie; that upon the east side of this lot there is a fence which for twenty-five years has been the undisputed boundary line, of complainant’s lot; that Jacob Minnig owns the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This bill charged that appellant threatened to tear down a fence, standing on the line between adjacent lots of the parties, and to remove it eighteen inches on to another line, claimed by the appellant to be the true boundary line. It prayed for a special injunction then, and upon final hearing, that the defendant be perpetually enjoined from tearing down or interfering with the fence. The special injunction was granted. The answer denied making the threats, but alleged the fence to be about two feet over on the land of the appellant’s wife. It admitted that he had notified the complainant…
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