Owners and a tenant of a piece of Richmond farmland are being sued by their neighbours who are trying to build a fence.
According to a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday, Tingting Hou claims part of Richmond-based contractor TX Contracting Ltd.'s trailer and its concrete blocks at 6280 No. 4 Rd. are trespassing on her property by two feet.
The properties are zoned for farm use and the 6280 No. 4 Rd. property is owned by a Hong Kong-based couple, Raymond Pak Hin Louey and Fanny Suen Yuen Louey.
The Loueys and TX Contracting Ltd.'s owner, Eddie Tang, are also named as defendants in the lawsuit.
Hou's lawsuit said TX Contracting Ltd. became a tenant of the property "on a date unknown" to her and she does not know when the trailer and concrete blocks were placed over the property line.
She claims she and her mother had agents notify the defendants of the trespass and asked them to remove the items between October and December 2023, but the items were not removed.
As a result of the trespass, Hou claims she has not been able to finish building a fence around her property and she is also impeded from making plans for her property.
Hou is asking for an injunction to restrain the defendants from trespassing and she is also claiming damages and costs.
TX Contracting and Tang will have 21 days to respond to the lawsuit, while the Loueys will have 49 days if they were served in Hong Kong.
None of the claims have been proven in court.
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