Blank v. Ambs

Plaintiffs had decree restraining defendants from tearing down a line fence, which the court held established a boundary by acquiescence for more than 15 years. Plaintiff John Blank died after the hearing.

An old rail and wire fence ran between the properties for many years prior to 1909 and had become quite dilapidated. The land west of the fence was owned by James Donnelly for some 20 years, he sold to Ella Anspaugh in 1914, and she to plaintiffs in 1922. Defendants bought the east parcel in 1909. Both parcels along the fence line at times were pasture lands, and on the north end were…