SMITH v. TIPPETT

No. 88-125.

569 A.2d 1186 (1990)

Lawrence S. SMITH, Appellant, v. Jean TIPPETT, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Pearlstein, with whom Brent R. Jacques, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

C. Francis Murphy, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before TERRY, SCHWELB, and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

"Something there is that doesn't love a wall."1 In this case we are called upon to resolve a controversy between neighbors about a wall of modest dimensions which was constructed in 1935 or even earlier and which stood in peace and tranquility until its location became the subject of litigation in 1986. Appellant Lawrence S. Smith contends that the structure intrudes...

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