A Central Oregon husband and wife have quietly settled a lawsuit that claimed they sawed down six "ancient" juniper trees on their 76-year-old neighbor's property in order to obtain unobstructed views of the Three Sisters peaks.

Dale and Veronica Partridge and neighbor Charlotte Nash settled the lawsuit last week, according to records filed in Deschutes County Circuit Court. Attorneys for both sides -- Carl Burnham Jr. and Michael McGean -- said they couldn't talk about the terms of the settlement.

In 2014, the Partridges moved from Southern California to the Tumalo area northwest of Bend, bought six acres and built their dream home -- complete with gorgeous mountain views, according to Veronica Partridge's blog. Veronica Partridge is perhaps best known for a January 2015 viral blog post, "Why I Chose To No Longer Wear Leggings," explaining that encouraging men other than her husband to look at her body clashes with her Christian values.

Her husband, Dale Partridge, has established himself as a Fortune 500 consultant and entrepreneur who says he became a millionaire at age 27 and wrote the Wall Street Journal bestselling book, "People Over Profit."

Although the Partridges had a prominent Internet presence at the time the lawsuit was filed in August 2015, little to no information was available about Nash.

According to the lawsuit, months after the Partridges bought their land, Nash discovered that at least six large juniper trees had been cut on the 20 undeveloped acres she owned next to their property. She hadn't given anyone permission to cut the trees, her attorney said at the time the lawsuit was filed.

Dale Partridge posted a photo to his Facebook account, showing a man -- apparently Partridge -- sawing down an large tree with a chainsaw. And in court papers filed in response to the suit, the Partridges also didn't deny that they cut down the trees. Rather, they fought the lawsuit's contention that they had committed elder abuse simply by "the inadvertent cutting down of trees on the property of an elderly person."

Days after the suit was filed, Dale Patridge wrote to The Oregonian/OregonLive stating: "I'm really shocked this is happening the way it is. The whole truth will eventually come out. But since she has filed a formal suit, I have been instructed to keep my words for the courtroom."

Nash sought $150,000 for the value of the timber and the costs of replacing the trees. Under Oregon's timber trespass law, Nash was entitled to three times that amount, according to her lawsuit.

-- Aimee Green

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