Scott v. Jackson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action Under tlie Fence Law, to recover the cost of building a division fence. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer County; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
delivered the-opinionof the court.
Isom Jackson and Barney Martin were adjoining land owners. They agreed upon a division of the fence between their lands, so that each should own and keep up a certain part thereof. Martin sold his land to Bobert Scott, and Jackson and Scott agreed that the old division should be retained, and that Scott should own and keep up the part previously belonging to Martin. Thereafter Scott’s part of the line fence became rotten, out of repair, and unfit to turn stock. He frequently promised Jackson to repair it, but did not. Jackson then, acting under the provisions…
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