Hay theft?

[Industrial Toys]

All someone has to say is it was a verbal agreement. Suddenly it becomes a CIVAL matter and would be of no interest to the POLICE. Scumbags know such things.

 

[4570Man]

If the guy had just bush hogged it would he still be a thief? The net result would be the same. Personally I’d send the guy a Christmas card for savings me the work and expense of doing it myself.

 

[Diggin It]

Leaving it natural is bad.

Disagree. Many, many millions of acres around the US are 'natural'.

 

[mad_planter]

adverse possession doesn't work like that.

 

[4570Man]

Disagree. Many, many millions of acres around the US are 'natural'.

Maybe if you want your “grassland” to be a patch of thorns and brush and eventually trees that’ll never amount to anything in your lifetime it’s alright. And that number is probably in the billions of acres. The National Park service alone owns over 84 million acres.

 

[airbiscuit]

Maybe if you want your “grassland” to be a patch of thorns and brush and eventually trees that’ll never amount to anything in your lifetime it’s alright.

:thumbsup:

 

[ovrszd]

There's not a single person reading and/or posting on this thread that would tolerate their neighbor deciding how their property is managed. Not one.

I have a neighbor similar to this one. He built a new fence joining us. He decided to move it 8ft over on me, 1/4 mile long. I firmly told him the fence had to be moved and gave him 3 months to do it. Two days before that deadline it still hadn't been moved. I firmly talked to him again and said in two days I'm going to crank up my tractor with grapple and tear out the fence. I'll pile all the wire and steel posts in my scrap iron pile. I'll saw the hedge posts into firewood. He said "I'd rather you didn't do that". I said "then move your fence". That afternoon he started removing it by hand. At the end of the deadline day the fence was relocated where it legally belonged.

This situation needs to be handled similarly. No need for the Sheriff or Lawyers. This needs to be a man to man settlement. How it's handled will have a direct bearing on all future interaction with this neighbor.

 

[Jstpssng]

<snip>There's not a single person reading and/or posting on this thread that would tolerate their neighbor deciding how their property is managed. Not one.

Amen! Based on some of the comments here, I was starting to wonder if the rules of property ownership have changed. Personally, I hate seeing old fields and farmland growing back. However, some of the best hunting this region has ever seen was in the 1950’s and 1960’s, when a lot of old farms were reverting back to their natural state. When I bought my place almost 20 years ago there was a big blueberry field against my back line. Over time it’s been changing back to trees. I asked the owner repeatedly to allow me to do something; he always said no. Now there are 20 foot tall grey birch trees taking over. Should I have gone against his wishes, and kept it mowed?

 

[airbiscuit]

.... This needs to be a man to man settlement. How it's handled will have a direct bearing on all future interaction with this neighbor.

I agree.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Not only keep lawyers and the police out of it, but Egos too, if possible. Nothing good rarely comes of that.