CRENSHAW v. MAGUIRE

No. ED 87223.

208 S.W.3d 302 (2006)

Dottie D. CRENSHAW, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Daniel A. MAGUIRE and, Carol A. Maguire, Defendant-Appellants, and Carol Crouse, Trustee, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Northern Division.

December 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tina Rothschild, UAW-GM Legal Serv., St. Louis, for appellants.

Joshua E. Douglass, Bowling Green, for respondent.


KENNETH M. ROMINES, Judge.

Introduction

This case disproves Robert Frost's rule that "good fences make good neighbors." The burning question is whether, under an Elsberry, Mo. zoning ordinance, an ordinary chain-link fence is a "building" or a "solid fence," and thus, whether such a fence must be placed no less than 7.5 feet from a homeowner's property line. The answer to this question lies in the construction of the term "building," as it is defined...

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