An Ohio neighbour removed a 15-foot white spruce while installing a new boundary fence; four years later, an appeals court upheld the finding that the cutting was reckless and fixed the damages at $11,523.87
A neighbour dispute in Whitehouse, Ohio, over a boundary fence and a 15-foot white spruce tree has ended with a clear message about the cost of cutting down someone else’s tree without permission. The Lucas County Court of Common Pleas found that Michael Meier acted recklessly when he removed the spruce in 2022 while installing…