<body><div>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Newly filed court documents show an East Nashville couple is suing a homebuilder after workers allegedly cut down a beloved hackberry tree that shaded their children’s backyard play area.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Davidson County Chancery Court, claims Legacy South Builders, LLC, demolished the massive boundary-line shade tree without warning or permission on Jan. 2. The complaint claims the company cut the tree to make way for a new residential development next door. According to the couple, a representative for the builder admitted during a meeting that the company “screwed up.”An arborist appraisal submitted to the court found that the removed tree would have once provided screening benefits, substantial shade, and canopy benefits for the children’s play area.Court documents accuse two people of purchasing land in the 700 block of Newhall Drive and hiring Legacy South Builders to clear “a substantial number of trees” to make space to build one or more homes. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3OIZVZ_1FRX17XT00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3OIZVZ_1FRX17XT00" width="578" height="381" ><figcaption>(Courtesy: Davidson County Chancery Court)</figcaption></figure>The couple alleges in the complaint that the builders did not put effort into properly identifying the boundary between their properties.In Tennessee, the removal from a boundary line generally requires agreement from both property owners.Court records show according to the arborist appraisal, the tree had a pre-removal value of $59,400. Tennessee timber laws could force the builders to pay three times a tree’s appraised value if a judge rules they intentionally destroyed someone else’s property.Plaintiffs are seeking an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages.Neither party immediately responded to News 2’s requests for comment.</div></body>

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Newly filed court documents show an East Nashville couple is suing a homebuilder after workers allegedly cut down a beloved hackberry tree that shaded their children’s backyard play area. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Davidson County Chancery Court, claims Legacy South Builders, LLC, demolished...

Nashville developer faces lawsuit after cutting down couple’s $59K tree

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