Bennett v. Perry

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Mrs. Ada Bennett (the plaintiff in error) filed a petition against W. W. Perry (the defendant in error), in which she alleged that she was the owner of a described tract of land, and that the defendant was threatening to erect a fence on the north side of her lands which would enclose some of her property. Her prayer was for injunction against the erection of the fence and against any trespass on her lands. The defendant filed an answer, in which he alleged that he and the plaintiff were coterminous landowners; that the line between the properties was approximately…