As a "Word Person" I see a problem defending the "Earl of Plant" here:
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"...so you might expect that [the Lee family] had some attachment to the land. Plant offered them a price, but they countered with a price of their own which Plant wouldn't initially meet - and thus the fray was joined. Eventually Plant had to concede to their price, in spite of the spite fence..."
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With a willing buyer -- and a "willing" seller, how can this deal be truthfully struck
in spite of the fence
. It is more likely due
because of the fence. If Plant built the fence on his property to block the Lee's view, there's nothing the Lees could have legally done.
Aw heck, let's just get it over with:
Change Alton Bay to "Bob Bahre Bay".
'Has a nice ring to it.
