how long
have you lived in your home?
>> We moved in July 4, 1999.
>> Judge Judy: And how long
have you been in your home?
>> Uh, end of October last year,
2015.
>> Judge Judy: And you
are neighbors.
Your properties are adjacent
to each other. Is that correct?
>> Her property
sits behind mine.
>> Judge Judy: It sits
behind yours.
But it touches your property.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You have a common
property line.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
And there's been some difficulty
I gather.
Your complaint is that
the defendant built part
of a fence on your property
to enclose her property.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You did a survey.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: That survey
indicated that the fence that
she built was on your property.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you forced
her to take it down.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Who took it down,
by the way?
>> I don't know, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You don't know
who took it down.
Somebody took it down.
Either you took it down
or you had the fence company
take it down.
And in taking it down,
the poles of your property
were damaged
and had to be repaired.
In addition, you think
that Ms. Allen should pay for
the survey
that you were forced to do.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay. You have
a problem because
you say that you
also had to do a survey --
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: To counter
the plaintiff's survey.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: So you want her
to pay for your survey
and something about the removal
of some trees
that both the plaintiff
and other neighbors objected
to that you were planning to
remove
that were on your property.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
And tree companies
came to remove the trees.
The plaintiff
and some other neighbors
became tree huggers and wouldn't
let them remove the trees.
You want them to pay for that.
Okay, so let's deal
with it relatively quickly.
I'm not awarding either
of you anything for conducting
the survey of your property.
I happen to think that
that's always a very good idea.
You are a new neighbor.
And if there are any issues
with regard to the property
and the property lines,
you should conduct a survey.
Similarly, if you have an issue
with a neighbor,
to protect your property
and the fence that she built is
in the rear of your property?
>> Yes, ma'am.
She contested the first survey
that we did have done.
>> Judge Judy: That's okay.
She is permitted to do that.
How large a parcel of property
do you have, Ms. Boiger?
>> 0.225 acres.
>> Judge Judy: And how large
a piece of property do you have?
>> I'm not exactly sure
the exact --
>> Judge Judy: Is it an acre?
Is it 2 acres? Is it --
>> No, I would say
it's probably, like,
it's less than half an acre.
>> Judge Judy: This fence that's
at the back of your property,
is that fence visible
from your house?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How much
of an encroasion was there?
>> May I show you?
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
>> The first fence
that she attempted to build was
from the point of her lot
over to our fence on this side.
The survey then showed that
she was encroaching over here.
So she, in turn,
went and built a fence here --
that's what this line
is right here --
and just attached to our fence
on this side encroaching.
It starts probably, I would say,
maybe less than a foot here
and increases up to a little bit
more than a foot at this.
It's a pie shape.
>> Judge Judy: Okay,
so it's minimal.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Step back.
So that the only thing
I'm actually now interested
on your side
is evidence of the damaged post
that you say existed as a result
of her removing the fence.
>> Well, when she had the fence
removed, um, we were home,
my husband and I, at the time.
>> Judge Judy: So you knew
who removed the fence.
>> I don't know who. I mean --
>> Judge Judy: I mean,
the people,
it wasn't the defendant.
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy:
Okay, so it was a company.
>> I -- I have -- I don't know.
I -- it was -- it was just --
>> Judge Judy: Who removed
the fence?
>> My fence company.
And it wasn't actually a fence.
It was one board that was moved.
The fence is still there.
It's been built.
But she had stated that it was
across her property line.
It's right on the property line,
the piece of board.
It's one board that was removed.
It's not actually a fence.
The fence is still there.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, do you have
a picture of that?
>> Um, no, I do not.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So your fence people removed it.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, now I wanna
see proof
that that post was damaged
as a result of the removal
of that board.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Let me see.
>> I have --
The first picture is --
is the, uh, her fence post
that's right
next to my fence post.
This one shows
where it was bent.
And this -- the third picture
shows a little bit better
where the post has broke off
at the bottom when they, um,
installed
the fence post on her lot.
It damaged mine.
And at the same time,
they cut the cable line.
The main cable line
was in that area.
And they cut that, too,
'cause none of the utilities
had been previously marked
when she put the fence up.