Two vignettes. Let's call them fiction.
An old man with multiple health issues inherited a small parcel of land that gave him access to a lake. Fishing is the one joy the old man had in life. The property was bequeathed to him for untold decades of service to the previous owner.
The next-door neighbor moved the stakes that define the corners of the property and then built a split-rail fence across the access to the property to deny the old man access to it and so he (the neighbor) can use the property as if it were his own.
The next-door neighbor is counting on the fact that the old man is not well-to-do and will not be able to afford a lawyer to contest the fence.
Second vignette:
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has a box in their org-chart dedicated to finding and contesting "infringement". That would be driveways built across State Parks, garages and Cannabis greenhouses built on State Parks, fences that just happen to give landowners an extra 3 or 300 feet....
I assume that most branches of the State government that have significant amounts of real-estate have similar boxes in their org-charts.
According to a confidential informer, the DNR branch has over 300 active cases on the books at this time.
When I was young we did a lot of catfishing down on the river.
ReplyDeleteYou could sink roadkill the day before you were going to night fish, while the beers got cold and you set up camp.
Figure it would work for neighbors just as well.
Yet another sign of dishonesty and how our society is no longer high trust...
ReplyDeleteJonathan
It never was. Nobody in their right mind trusts strangers. Maybe within a family, or a tribe. But not strangers.
DeleteOften law schools will offer Pro Se(sp?) clinics for just such circumstances.
ReplyDeleteSadly, that does not surprise me.
ReplyDeleteSigh. When things actually should work, they do not.
ReplyDeleteMighty nice WOOD fence ya got there, hope a Wild FIRE doesn't come through here.
ReplyDeleteNeck
The next door neighbor should realize what could happen to HIS house.
DeleteA simple cease and desist letter would prove that the adverse possession was contested. Then go in a rip out the things blocking access ... have a bonfire.
ReplyDeleteDoes the neighbor want to pay the property taxes? Bring in the county tax assessor. And doxx the neighbor on the internet and see if the hit to his reputation has any consequences.
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