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137 Mich. 69

Newberry v. Bunda

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 7, 1904

Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1904-07-07

; Smith, J. Trespass quare clausum fregit by Selden Newberry against William Bunda. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently March 1944

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Affirmed · Decided 1904-07-07

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Hooker, J.

¶1(dissenting). I do not concur in the view that an arrangement whereby the defendant was to build a line fence between the lands of the parties carried with it a license to cut the limbs of trees sufficiently to enable the builder to sight through from one end of the line to the other. ' We may take judicial notice that the line could have been established without it, and there is no presumption of an intention to give such a license inferable from the testimony. Even if there were, it would extend no farther than absolutely necessary, and to cut three or four feet from the line would be excessive.

¶2The judgment should be reversed, and a new trial ordered.

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