Bangert v. Osceola County

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that even if the before and after value of the land is the appropriate measure of damages, the court may consider the intrinsic value of trees to the owner
• affirming landowners’ trespass action against county for wrongful removal of trees
• noting different methods of recovery should be considered if trees are maintained for special use, such as “for shade and windbreaks, as well as for environmental, wildlife and special landmark purposes,” and “an intrinsic loss has occurred”
• trees maintained for “sentimental and historic reasons, for shade and windbreaks, as well as for environmental, wildlife and special landmark purposes”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).