Mosman v. Sanford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for entering upon land occupied by the plaintiff and removing a fence; brought by appeal from a justice of the peace to the Court of Common Pleas, and tried to the jury before Sail, J. On the trial the plaintiff offered evidence to prove that, on the 16th of October, 1882, as tenant of.Ebenezer and Hannah-Hill, he was in occupation of the premises described in the complaint, and consisting of a dwelling-house and yard connected therewith; and that on that day the…
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Action for entering upon land occupied by the plaintiff and removing a fence; brought by appeal from a justice of the peace to the Court of Common Pleas, and tried to the jury before Sail, J. On the trial the plaintiff offered evidence to prove that, on the 16th of October, 1882, as tenant of.Ebenezer and Hannah-Hill, he was in occupation of the premises described in the complaint, and consisting of a dwelling-house and yard connected therewith; and that on that day the defendant took down and placed upon the premises a portion of a board fence inclosing the land. The defendant claimed, and…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
This action is brought to recover damages lor the removal by the defendant of a fence standing on *30what the plaintiff claims to have been the dividing line between a piece of land occupied- by him as tenant of Ebenezer and Hannah Hill and a piece of land belonging to the wife of the defendant. The defendant admits removing the fence, but claims that it had been erected by the Hills wholly upon the land of his wife, and that he removed it under her authority; claiming also, and the fact is so found, that he did no unnecessary injury to the fence in removing it. It is agreed that for many years…
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