Monterosso v. Kent
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of ejectment, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Kellogg, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
In June, 1911, Henry H. Johnson purchased and received a conveyance from the estate of M. Sonnenberg of a lot of land in New Haven bounded on the east by Orchard Street, fifty feet in width and one hundred and twenty-five feet in depth.
In February, 1912, the defendant purchased from the estate of W. W. Thomas a parcel of land adjoining and south of Johnson’s lot. This parcel had a frontage on Orchard Street of about one hundred and forty feet, and lay along the entire depth of the Johnson lot, and extended twenty-five feet beyond it. A board fence was built by the defendant in 1913 on what he…
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