Sentence:  To the action by the proprietor of a tenement in burgh against the proprietor of the adjoining <WSD>stance</WSD> to recover one-half the cost of a mutual gable, of which the defender had taken the use, it was pleaded in defence (1) that the mutual gable having been erected by the common author of the parties no claim arose to the proprietor of one <WSD>stance</WSD> against the proprietor of the other; ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.