My neighbor planted roses in my garden. Do I have to pay them?

Christopher A. Combs
| Guest columnist on real estate law

Question: We live in a beautiful West Valley community. We recently noticed that our new next-door neighbor was starting to plant peach-colored rose bushes on his side of a row of paving stones. The pavers are not the dividing line though, as we installed the pavers in our backyard to access our pool. My wife loves roses and doesn’t want me to tell our neighbor that the rose bushes will be on our property. If we say nothing and let all the rose bushes be planted, will we have to reimburse our neighbor for the rose bushes?

Answer: Probably. The analogy I use is that if you see a painter mistakenly starting to paint your fence when you know he should be painting your neighbor’s fence, you have a duty to immediately tell the painter to stop painting , otherwise you will have to pay the price. painter the reasonable cost to paint your entire fence.

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