A HOMEOWNER has sued their neighbor and entered a boundary dispute after a plan to cut down trees.
Michael and Cassie Patriarca purchased their home in Warren, Rhode Island, around 10 miles south of Providence, in 2022 but said their neighbor had taken legal action and blocked their building plans.
The Patriarcas said they wanted to cut down a row of trees to build an extension on the left side of their home on Overhill Road.
An issue arose as their neighbor Walter Felag, who had been a state senator for 25 years, said the trees were the boundary marker between the two properties and they could not be cut down, according to NBC affiliate WJAR.
“It’s my property, I’ve maintained my property for over 40 years,” Felag said.
A survey showed the Patriarca’s property line was 14 feet beyond the trees but Felag sued his neighbors in August 2022 citing a legal principle called boundary of acquiescence or adverse possession.