Taylor v. Boulware
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.- , . Tissot, J. Plaintiff claims to have certain windows, shutters, etc., in the house she purchased from defendant, and which defendant had caused to bo closed and nailed up after the sale, opened, and her right to the use of the same decreed; and also that certain scrceus erected "by defendant opposite to said windows "be removed, and for damages, and for the removal of certain fixtures over the dividing line,…
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.- , . Tissot, J. Plaintiff claims to have certain windows, shutters, etc., in the house she purchased from defendant, and which defendant had caused to bo closed and nailed up after the sale, opened, and her right to the use of the same decreed; and also that certain scrceus erected "by defendant opposite to said windows "be removed, and for damages, and for the removal of certain fixtures over the dividing line, etc. 1. Plaintiff claims that the windows and shutters, etc., were not closed at the time of the Biffe—one certainly…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Manning, J.
The defendant was the owner for several years of the two adjoining lots on Camp street numbered 469 and 471. He built a brick building of two stories and an attic, with a two-story wing, on No. 471 in 1855, and a cottage of one story and attic on No. 469 in 1865. The houses were two and a half or three feet apart.
The brick house was built with windows in the side towards lot No. 469, in which were the usual sashes, and these were covered by Venetian blinds with movable or revolving slats. When the defendant built the cottage, he nailed…
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