This is an action to recover $1,500 for damages to plaintiff's concrete patio caused by roots from a tree allegedly owned by the defendant.
The parties own adjoining lots in the Hamlet of Centereach. Each party has a fence along the common boundary line. Such fences are separated by a gap of approximately eight inches within which a tree grows in Centereach.
The controlling issues are whether the defendant owns the...
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