An Arkansas family treated the same fence as its property line for nearly six decades; after new neighbours removed fencing and trees, an appeals court upheld $12,000 in treble damages and an order to rebuild the fence

• A fence that had been treated as a property boundary since 1967 has been upheld as the dividing line between two Arkansas properties, after a dispute over trees and fencing reached the state Court of Appeals.
• Bowlin-Lemon, reported by Justia, Leagle and Case Law Wire, affirmed the Bowlins’ boundary claim, a $12,000 treble-damages award and an order requiring the neighbouring owners to rebuild the fence.