Scott v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to restrain the defendants from maintaining a “spite fence” between their premises and the plaintiff’s, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, Wolfe, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The parties own and occupy adjacent lots on the north side of Willis Street in the city of New Haven. It is a short street in a residential section, having on its north side nineteen one-family dwelling-houses, all similar in appearance and construction, with well kept lawns extending from the houses to the sidewalk. The plaintiff’s and defendants’ lots each have a frontage of thirty-three feet and are about one hundred feet in depth. Shortly before the commencement of this action the defendants, without consulting or obtaining the consent of the plaintiff, erected a tight board fence about…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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