One thing to keep in mind is that their lawyer is probably not as nuts as them . Yes , they write these aggressive , threatening letters because they ' re trying to scare you into doing something . They ' re paid to do it that way , but it ' s highly unlikely they have the slightest interest in this dispute beyond what your neighbor pays them to have . The language they use is simply a tactic , and it ' s invariably bombastic . I ' ve been in the room when a defendant ' s lawyer has gone over a plaintiff ' s accusations , and simply dismissed all the threats and demands as rhetoric . Again , if you ' re willing to give up the fence , try a politely worded letter to their lawyer stating that you ' re not disputing the property line , you acknowledge the fence is on the neighbor ' s property , and you make no claim to owning the fence . The fence was there when you bought the place , and you have no interest in what their client does with their fence . This places the burden on the neighbors to somehow prove that it ' s not their fence , but yours . And since you didn ' t install it , you hopefully never listed it as a possession , and it predates your ownership of the house , that will be an uphill battle for them . The bottom line is that most lawyers are sensible people , they ' re just being paid to take sides , and they don ' t want to lose andor be made a fool of in front of a judge or their peers . Trying to convince a judge that a defendant owns a fence that they fervently deny owning , and had nothing to with installing , is unlikely to be a winning scenario for them .