Unger v. Beatty

By Judge R. Terrence Ney

This case came before the Court on May 25, 2000, on Defendants’ Petition for Attorneys’ Fees.

The underlying case for nuisance, breach of contract, and trespass was filed in December 1999. Plaintiffs and defendants own adjoining parcels of land on Raleigh Hill Road in Vienna (a development known as Hunter Mill Estates) and reside in the houses thereon. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants planted 24 white pine trees two feet from the parties shared property line (on defendants’ side of the line), spaced five feet apart, and one pin oak “virtually” on the property…