Tree Law

• Ridge vs Blaha - a large tree trunk extended 5" onto plaintiff's land. Plaintiff succeeded in an injunction preventing neighbor from cutting down the tree, even though most of the tree was on the neighbor's land. [1]
• Holmberg v Bergin - if a planted tree overgrows the boundary, the planter remains the sole proprietor of that tree. [2]
• Missouri has triple damages but no criminal penalty for tree destruction [3]
• Rhodig v Keck - boundary trees planted on someone else's land do not belong to you even if you care for them. [4]