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

I have a long story about a land dispute.

My dad built a shop on what he thought was his land, the same land my grand paw had owned for 50 years. My uncle decided to sell their place so he had it surveyed. The line went through the middle of his shop so my dad bought the little strip of land. Once my uncle got a buyer he tried to get my dad to sign a bunch of papers he said was dealing with that strip of land, but the numbers did not add up so he did not sign them.

My dad decided to have his land surveyed after my uncle had already sold the land. Turns out when the state moved the highway my grand paw either bought the land or it was deeded to him by the state. This strip was 200ft wide and 300ft long it took up all of my uncle's front yard. My uncle never checked the deeds when he bought the land from my grandpaw.

I don't know how the new owners bought the land or they just hoped we would never find out about the land. My uncle's surveyor was in on it too he moved the lines so it would not look like the land was separate. It took several years of fighting in court to get all this fixed.

My dad probably would have never done anything if my uncle hadn't made him buy that small strip of land where his shop was and our neighbors hadn't been such assholes about it. The judge ruled that we split the land so my dad got another acre of land out it.