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A spite wall in Lancashire, England, built in 1880 by the owner of the land on the left, in reaction to the unwanted construction of the house on the right [1]. In property law, a spite fence is an overly tall fence or a row of trees, bushes, or hedges, constructed or planted between adjacent lots by a property owner (with no legitimate purpose), who is annoyed with or wishes to annoy a ...
Property owners should regularly inspect their property and know its condition. Special attention should be paid to large trees in areas where people, cars, or buildings might be struck if the ...
Perhaps the first owner of your house granted your neighbor access to a dock on your property in perpetuity, or the city has retained an easement to access power lines that run across the back ...
The tree owners spent $37,000 on attorney fees, before trimming their trees. [2] In Culver City, California, a furniture and cabinet maker spent $80,000 in May 2006 on solar panels to reduce his electric bill. The system worked well for two years, until his neighbor spent $60,000 to plant palm trees along the property line.
The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree that, according to legend, has legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet (2.4 m) of its base. Also known as the Jackson Oak , the tree is at the corner of South Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens , Georgia , US.
Thinking about trees in that sense, you may have more rights to cut limbs that are encroaching on your property from a neighbor’s tree — but you don’t do so without assuming legal risk or ...
The belief in green cover by early park proponents as a promoter of social cohesion has been corroborated by more recent research that links trees to the presence of stronger ties among neighbors, more adult supervision of children in outdoor areas, more use of the neighborhood common areas, and fewer property and violent crime (Kuo et al. 1998 ...
“The manner in which the trees are situated … does not serve to protect any apparent property interest, or any other useful purpose,” the suit says, but were planted to annoy and ...