Maxwell Steel Vault Co. v. National Casket Co.

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• holding that a property owner has the right to use and enjoy his property in the manner he sees fit
• “[A property owner] may build a fence or a wall fifty feet high on his own land, and thereby cut off the light and air and view of his neighbor, unless the neighbor has by grant or by prescription acquired the right to light, air and view over such property.”

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