I live in a small town in Washtenaw County Michigan.
One neighbor has erected a fence but still throws trash on my side and trespasses cutting and poising plants on my property, They removed property line marker pipes. I had to have several officers to the house till one finally upheld the law. He breaks the law less often now.
One neighbor put up a chain link fence into my property and took a couple feet of my property and 42 feet of another’s property. Then he came onto my property to tell me how to do yard work after receiving a notice to quit trespass. During mediation the lawyer/mediator repeatedly said to that neighbor, “you didn’t do that, it’s illegal” as I described this neighbors behavior.
One neighbor mows grass so it is a straight line on the property line. I mowed the grass longer and in in wavy lines to blend the longer grass. That neighbor mowed the line straight 35 feet into my property and in front of my house till I explained the test to see how far he would go. It embarrassed him and he stops at the line now.
A neighbor in the block used to cross the yard to visit another neighbor. He left deep footprints and wagon ruts in the yard after I landscaped. If I waved hi he did not. When I went out in the back yard he would turn around before the reached the property line and go around the block.
One neighbor decided he didn’t like the length of my grass and came onto the property in a zero turn mower over the 45 degree front hill and mowed leaving a mess, inconsistent length grass and grass clods all over. I was not in violation of the law and had to call police to file a trespassing complaint. From what I understand he almost ended up under arrest.
As I discussed with one neighbor, reasonable if people obey the law and show a minimum of courtesy or at least what they demand. If they can’t, if the claim to be christian but can’t exhibit even show the basest courtesy, I’m happy to continue calling the police and continue to file trespassing and harassment complaints. If the county sheriff doesn’t want to uphold the law, I’m more than happy to involve the state police, state legislature, news media or file legal action. I will not resort as so many do to the basest level of physical intimidation .
What's next? 