Lamantea v. Dowd

The plaintiff, Chester Lamantea, filed an action in the Superior Court against three defendants: (1) Peter Dowd, as trustee of Pratt Farm Realty Trust (Dowd), (2) Westward Development Corporation (Westward), and (3) Nicholas Halil, doing business as K & N Trucking and Excavating (Halil). He sought damages for the alleged destruction of boundary markers, stone walls, and trees and also injury to his residence as a result of the construction of a *614subdivision road on property belonging to Dowd. The plaintiff filed a request for a jury trial.

On December 26, 1990, a Superior Court judge ordered…