Sloan v. Ballentine
Sloan v. Ballentine
Opinion of the Court
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The plaintiff complains of the removal of a gate and part of ■a fence which enclosed his fields, by means of which his crops were damaged. The defendant admits the acts charged, and ■seeks to justify them by alleging that they were done in the removal of unlawful obstructions in the alleys adjoining his lots in the village of Green Oak, which deprived him of the use of them in getting upon the rear of his lots. The plaintiff denies the existence of the alleys, and shows a deed from the former owner of the farm which covers the ground where they are alleged to be. Two questions are thus raised: First, were the alleys surveyed by the former owner as part of the plat of the village of Green Oak ? Second, if so, did the plaintiff have actual notice of that fact when he purchased the farm ? These are questions of fact, and if there was evidence bearing upon them sufficient to submit to the jury, their finding is a final ■disposition of them.
The evidence shows that in 1856 the entire farm was owned by Crissman, who laid out the village of Green Oak on a part ■of it, and proceeded to sell lots. Ballentine bought lots Nos. 13 and 14. Crissman afterwards sold the farm to Heastand, reserving the’ lots sold in the village of Green Oak. Heastand ■sold, with a like reservation, to Sloan, who took possession of the farm. There was no recorded plat of the village of Green
The judgment is therefore affirmed.
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- A. C. SLOAN v. J. M. BALLENTINE
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- In trespass, for the removal of fences of the plaintiff’s farm, the jury having found upon sufficient evidence, properly submitted, that the locus in quo of the trespass was upon a public alley about the lots of the defendant in a town laid out by the plaintiff’s predecessor in title, the existence and location of which alloy were known to plaintiff when he purchased, he was not entitled to recover.