Owners of two adjacent homes in West Vancouver are embroiled in a lawsuit where plaintiffs allege one neighbour cut down a shared tree without consultation or permission.
The tree in question was allegedly a cherished ancient cedar tree that was between 50 and 60 feet tall, and was 30 feet wide.
Karen Dietz and John Morgan filed their notice of civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court June 15.
In it, they claim neighbour David Stevenson hired arborist Nick Woods and Woods’ company, Treeline Management—all listed as lawsuit defendants—to cut down a tree that “straddled the property line” between Stevenson’s home, at 2270 Haywood Ave., and Dietz and Morgan’s home,
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