Hector v. Martin

This is an action for trespass brought by Claude O. Hector and wife against Phillip Martin and wife, seeking damages and a mandatory injunction requiring defendants to remove a portion of a garage or woodshed from the plaintiffs’ property. Defendants denied the allegation of trespass and filed a cross-complaint for alleged trespass on the part of the plaintiffs.

In November, 1947, the alley separating the plaintiffs’ and defendants’ properties was vacated on petition of the abutting landowners. Thereafter, at the request of some of the property owners in the block, including the plaintiffs and…