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Spite Fence

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A fence erected maliciously and with no other purpose thaii to shut out the light and air from a neighbor's window. Such a fence is a nuisance, for no man has a right to build and maintain an entirely useless structure for the sole purpose of injuring his neighbor. 151 N. C. 434, 440, 19 Ann. Cas. 473, 475. 68 111. 479.