Camuso v. Tranxidis

MacDonald, D. Lloyd, J.

Before the Court is the issue of assessment of damages for trespass in connection with a tiny encroachment by a neighbor’s fence. A judgment of default entered in the case upon the defendants’ failure to answer. An evidentiary hearing pursuant to Mass.R.Civ.P. 55(b)(2) was held. The defendants were represented by counsel at the hearing.

Facts and Procedural Setting

The plaintiffs and defendants are neighbors in Med-ford. This case arose out of an alleged (and subsequently acknowledged) encroachment on the plaintiffs’ lot in a residentially compact area of the town by the…