Don’t Ever Deliberately Harm A Tree

First off, deliberately harming a tree is something you should never ever consider on strictly moral grounds. However, if you do, the legal recourse is severe. In nearly every state, if you deliberately harm your neighbor’s tree then you are liable to at least two or three times the amount of actual financial loss. That’s right, if you kill a $200 tree, you’re on the hook for two or three times that. (As background information, the impetus for these laws was to prevent loggers from cutting down and stealing trees)

If your neighbor cut down your tree, sue them.