That's one way to resolve a dispute. Beats using guns. He's good with a Sawzall.
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Still against the law to destroy another person's property, it being on your land or not without a court order.
that is a very good point
I would never do it.
Sawzall is cheaper than a lawyer.
Surveyors are cheaper than lawyers.
But, the real loss is the neighbor. They lost a friendship. That's the bad Part.
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There wasn't a friendship there if he just went out and cut it down.?ÿ That was for spite.
They didn't have GPS back when the large tracts of land were laid out in the 18th and 19th centuries. The work was good for it's time but it was only so accurate. Minor errors compound themselves over a long run.
Apply GPS accuracy to old lines and things can get wonky.?ÿ
It costs a lot of money to hire surveyors & lawyers. It's money that could be better spent elsewhere."
The comment misses the rule of monuments over measurements. That limits the effects of accumulated errors. Otherwise it seems a fairly accurate comment, and the last line is very true.
He's good with a Sawzall.
