Rana v. El Nesr

The defendant appeals from a Superior Court judgment entered on October 7, 2016, allowing the plaintiffs' requests for a declaratory judgment, a permanent injunction, and damages stemming from the removal and destruction of a tree located in a joint landscape bed between the parties' respective properties. The defendant also appeals from a contempt judgment entered on August 11, 2015. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Background. The judge found the following facts, which are supplemented with undisputed facts from the record.3 The plaintiffs are the owners of developed property (lot…