What to do if I’m being sued by a neighbor for cutting down bushes that I thought were mine?
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What to do if I’m being sued by a neighbor for cutting down bushes that I thought were mine?
I recently hired someone to shorten some bushes to 4 feet. I was under the assumption that these bushes were mine; the property line is not clear. Once they were cut to 4 feet we realized that they were bare, basically sticks. I had them cut down to about 1 foot. My neighbor in the back was utilizing these bushes as a privacy fence. The bushes were quite unruley and started to knock down the fence on my side of the bushes. I thought that I was doing them a favor. I had no intention of cutting them completely down until we saw how baren. I received legal documentation from their lawyer requesting payment to replace the bushes with trees.
Asked on June 18, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
Andrew Goldberg
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
From the info provided in your quetion, I cannt tell if you received a letter form a lawyer or was a formal lawsuit filed against you. To settle the case out of court. I would advise you to offer to purchase and plant shrubbery that is the same or similar. You could offer to have the neighbor provide literature or a picture of what they want. You would then purchase it or them and plant them. To communicate this offer, you should simply telephone the lawyer and xpress the offer. Good luck.
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