Byrd Companies, Inc. v. Smith

The defendant appeals from a judgment enjoining it from trespassing on the plaintiffs' land and requiring it to remove all water pipes and other materials that it had installed on the plaintiffs' land. The trial court stayed the injunction pending this appeal. The issues are whether the trial court lacked jurisdiction for failure of the plaintiffs to join indispensable parties and whether the court erred in holding that the defendant's actions had extinguished an easement on the plaintiffs' land.

The plaintiffs are the Vestaclaire Office Condominium Association, Inc. ("Vestaclaire"), and four…