Had a similar situation - unfortunately, previous owners' info wasn't reliable and consistent with each other.
OP, one thing you could check if you haven't already is RI GIS satellite imagery. My neighbor's fence was over the boundary line on my side by about 20ft. I was able to prove it was placed there erroneously less than 20 years ago by comparing satellite photos. My neighbor didn't take the dispute any further after that.
You can toggle images from different years. Maybe the trees weren't planted as long ago as claimed?
talktwomey t1_itf3tvn wrote
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Had a similar situation - unfortunately, previous owners' info wasn't reliable and consistent with each other.
OP, one thing you could check if you haven't already is RI GIS satellite imagery. My neighbor's fence was over the boundary line on my side by about 20ft. I was able to prove it was placed there erroneously less than 20 years ago by comparing satellite photos. My neighbor didn't take the dispute any further after that.
You can toggle images from different years. Maybe the trees weren't planted as long ago as claimed?
https://ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a2960d1a022e4dccaab14aa4a58f5d45