[NittanyLion]

That's more reasonable -- and better PR on his part. This is all about being neighborly. But he mooted that by "demanding" $30K from each now, didn't he?

It would seem he did moot it. By my reckoning, this guy is a Grade A Clymer, who is nonetheless completely within his rights to erect the fence.

[bvw]

Absent knowing the local laws, I agree with you, and the pictures of the fence don't show it being so high as to unreasonably shade the neighbor's lot. Yet I'd hope a Judge could condemn the lake, at a reasonable non-extortion comdemnation price price, so as to maintain the neighborhood peace.