Piccirilli v. Groccia

This is a civil action to enjoin the defendants from maintaining an allegedly illegal 6-foot high stockade fence, and in addition for money damages. The fence in question was erected by the defendants, and is now maintained entirely on their own property approximately 1 inch from the division line between that property and the plaintiffs’. Both properties are located in the city of Providence. Trial of the case before a Superior Court justice without a jury resulted in a judgment denying the plaintiffs damages, but mandating the defendants either to remove their fence or to reduce its height…