Mickel v. Norton

KELLY, Judge.

Michael and Barbara Mickel appeal from a final judgment granting permanent injunctive relief to their neighbors, Robert and Mary Norton. We reverse.

This dispute arose when the Mickels installed a six-foot-high vinyl fence along the property line between their home and the Nortons’ home. The Nortons sued the Mickels alleging the fence constituted a private nuisance and that it violated their “riparian and littoral rights” by obstructing their view of the water. They sought a mandatory injunction requiring removal of the fence and a permanent injunction pro hibiting the Mickels…