EddieWalker
Epic Contributor
We have contacted the owner of the property, another senior lady, and told her of the damage.
Obviously I don't know your neighbor, but from reading your post, I sort of got the feeling that because she's an elderly lady, that you feel the need to by nice to her and are trying to avoid a confrontation with her.
The funny thing is that I've met allot of old timers, and I've come to the conclusion that age has nothing to do with character. If they were a piece of crap in their younger years, they are still crooks and dog doo doo in their older years.
She may be a saint, or she may be a total crook and was aware of what was going on with the loggers on your land and didn't care. The fact that she's having them log her place when prices are down indicates that she's either not very wise with her investments, or she's hurting for cash. It's just a guess on my part, but if she's hurting for cash, I don't think she cares what the did on your land.
It's your call and you have to deal with her, but I wouldn't avoid a confrontation with her over what happened. I would document everything that you can find, and come up with a monetary value for it. Then I would tell her that she owes you that amount of money and if she doesn't pay it, you will take her to court. She can pay you, or she can go after the loggers and get the money and pay you. I wouldn't wait for her to play games with the loggers, that's her problem. She owes you for the damages that she hired the loggers to do. It's 100% on her to make this right.
Good luck,
Eddie