Green v. Goff

Eobert Green, plaintiff in error, filed a bill to restrain W. W. Goff, defendant in error, from, erecting gates or bars upon, or otherwise obstructing, a right of way owned by plaintiff in error.

A preliminary injunction was granted, which, upon final hearing, was dissolved and the bill was dismissed. The facts, as shown by the pleadings and proofs, and conceded on both sides, are briefly as follows: On ai\d before October 16,. 1849, Eobert Green ivas the OAvner of a tract of land, on the north line of which there Avas a pond of water, easterly from and near to a highway running through the…