Hughes v. Brignac

JANVIER, Judge.

Plaintiff, John R. Hughes, and defendant, Paul Brignac, own adjoining properties fronting on the Gentilly highway in New Orleans. During the fall of 1952, there arose between them a controversy over the construction of a division fence between their properties. The defendant Brignac had already erected along a part of the division line, though two inches from the line and entirely on his own property, a fence commencing about 132 feet from the front of the properties and extending towards the rear 96 feet. The rear end of this fence was 184 feet from the rear line of the…