Russell Clark hired a man to cut down two trees on my property in Bay Center, Washington when my wife and I were gone. He then used the wood to pay both the man who fell the trees and the man who hauled the rest of the wood away. When the county sheriff asked Mr. Clark to respond to my complaints, he claimed my wife gave him permission to cut the trees down.
I filed a civil lawsuit against Mr. Clark for his actions. However, my lawsuit became moot after he declared bankruptcy to avoid his creditors after moving to another part of the state.
The trees Mr. Clark had cut were huge. The larger tree of the two trees provided a natural boundary between the Clark's property and ours. It was under this tree that my wife and I had buried our pets' ashes. We planted ferns and flowers above the soil as a living memorial for them.
Not only did Mr. Clark get away with the theft of our trees, he reduced our property value by having them cut down. However, the worst feeling we are left with out of all this is the feeling we have of being violated.
Russell Clark is a dentist who is now practicing in Marysville, Washington.
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