"Bill Spohn" wrote in message
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Something you all have forgotten...

That tree was there LONG before the neighbours moved in. If they
didn't like the tree they shouldn't have bought the house. They
definately should not assume that they can do as they please with it!


If they'd bought knowing your garage was built encroaching 2 feet onto
their
property, I suppose they wouldn't be able to do anything about it, but
would
have to just accept it?

I don't think soooooo!

An illegal encroachment doesn't get to stay there just because they knew
about
it when they bought, unless local laws say different.

Now your argument WOULD hold water if you were talking about a
pre-existing
problem not covered by private law issues - the classic one being people
that
move in next to an airport and then complain about the noise from
over-flights.
HELLO - did you buy at night during an airline strike......

first off, there is no illegal encroachment here. If I were to put a
structure partially on their side, that's quite a different thing, since a
structure doesn't take 30 years to grow. The laws regarding trees are quite
different from those regarding other types of encroachments I'm sure.