Threet v. Polk

BRIGHTMIRE, Presiding Judge.

In order to resolve a boundary dispute, Norman Polk tore his neighbor’s fence down. The neighbor, George Threet, sought judicial relief and, through a jury verdict, obtained it. Polk, who represented himself in the trial , court, hired a lawyer and appealed. The main contention is that the trial judge misapplied the law. We hold he did not and affirm.

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Threet acquired what we will call lot 15 in 1952. He gardened the unimproved fenced lot until 1956. Later he built a house on it, a driveway next to the fence, and a well house a few feet from the fence line. A couple…