Boynton v. Hunt
Supreme Court of Vermont
Ejectment.. Plea, the general issue with notice. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1913, Windham County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, C. J.
The parties to this controversy own adjoining lots in the village of South Londonderry. In the summer of 1907, the defendant erected a building on his lot. He set his foundation wall about a foot from the line between the two properties, — the location of which line was well known to both owners. When finished, the cornice of the defendant’s building overhung the plaintiff’s lot something like a foot at the rear, and about six inches at the front. The action is ejectment to recover possession of so much of plaintiff’s property as is occupied by this cornice. When the plaintiff was on the…
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