The plaintiff and defendants were neighbours involved in a property dispute over a shared walkway, a privacy screen, and a hedge located near their property line.
The plaintiff claimed ownership of these features through adverse possession, arguing her predecessors in title had exclusively possessed the area.
The court dismissed the adverse possession claim, finding the predecessors' use was cooperative and permissive, not adverse.
However, the court awarded the plaintiff $7,700 in special, general, and punitive damages for the defendants' highhanded and oppressive conduct in trespassing to remove a shared wooden fence and installing a gate that opened onto the plaintiff's property.
