California.
When I got home from work today I went outside to discover that my neighbour cut down most of tree in my yard. It may have had some over hanging branches, but he came onto my property, obviously, and cut it back between 3-4 feet from the fence and to about 6 feet from the ground. It originally was probably 15 feet tall. Now it is a 6 foot tall stump with no branches on it.
He also left all the cut logs and branches on my side of the fence.
I took some photos of it. Basically there is nothing that can be done to save the tree now, but should he not atleast have clean up the mess? Is this trespassing? Do I have rights to make him clean the mess? Should I ask my local police to come over and take a look before I clean up the mess if I am the one who has too? Should I throw it all over the fence tomorrow when he's at work and start a war?
thanks.
When I got home from work today I went outside to discover that my neighbour cut down most of tree in my yard. It may have had some over hanging branches, but he came onto my property, obviously, and cut it back between 3-4 feet from the fence and to about 6 feet from the ground. It originally was probably 15 feet tall. Now it is a 6 foot tall stump with no branches on it.
He also left all the cut logs and branches on my side of the fence.
I took some photos of it. Basically there is nothing that can be done to save the tree now, but should he not atleast have clean up the mess? Is this trespassing? Do I have rights to make him clean the mess? Should I ask my local police to come over and take a look before I clean up the mess if I am the one who has too? Should I throw it all over the fence tomorrow when he's at work and start a war?
thanks.
