re: Does Anyone Have Any Unique Stories About Land Disputes?

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My family had a land dispute with an individual that started some 16 years ago over about 4" worth of property. Basically he claimed that our fence was on his property even after we had the property surveyed several times to show that the fence was in fact on our property. The old bastard still wouldn't concede that we were on his property. We had suspected that he had gut shot a few of our cows, but could never pin it on him. After several years of near and actual scuffles with the guy it all came to a nasty head. My uncle was out setting cross ties for a new gate and it was more than the old bastard could take, seeing my uncle working on what he thought was his property. The old fella marched up to my uncle and shot him off of the tractor. Shot him in the forehead. He used a small caliber and luckily the bullet didn't penetrate the skull. The bullet traveled between the skull and scalp. Still, it knocked my uncle out and off of the tractor. The old man went back into his house and had a heart attack. He lived and was sentenced to prison where he died some years later. All over property the width of a fence post. My uncle hasn't been the same since.

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