Property Lines

[TheMan419]

My coworker was so pissed at all the neighbor put him through, he had the judge order the guy to remove the wall.

That is exactly what I would have done at that point. Plus I would have tried to find some way to make him pay me back my attorney fees.

 

[ultrarunner]

On my grandfather's farm the stone markers are set 5' back otherwise they would be in the middle of a boundary drainage culvert...

All was well for decades until city folks bought the adjacent land and had a fence constructed... my grandfather went to see them and they were not friendly... he said he preferred to resolve this as neighbors...

The city people got a survey which was 100% what my grandfather had stated... the man was upset saying it was crazy to set markers back from the property line and grandpa said it would be more crazy to set them in the culvert subject to freeze upheaval...

Boy did did the city guy catch **** from his wife... she told him his being cheap caused them added expense... they agreed to remove the fence and never put one up again...

 

[JamesHW]

When my uncle purchased our place in the early 1900's the deed referenced one corner marked by a white oak stump...good luck finding that now. My mom had the place professionally surveyed in the early 60's in order to sell some frontage lots and the surveyor drove capped galvanized pipes into the back corners. The south border has trees with red slash marks that the state marked when logging adjacent land, so easily found in the woods. Both the north and south lot lines follow original 1701 Kayaderossera Patent that determines many of the boundaries in the area. Placing a ruler on an aerial photograph shows that many fields and roads line up with my north & south lot lines.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

I bought my land in 2006, and the deed literally says land bounded by "a highway" to the north, "a brook" to the east, and to the west and south, "land now or formerly of" and lists two guys born in the first half of the nineteenth century. And that's it.

As far as I can tell this land has only sold three times since 1683. So far that description has sufficed.

 

[Thall303]

You might want to think about a survey!

 

[check]

Years ago a coworker brought a property and the new survey revealed that his neighbors stone wall, running the entire length of the boundary, was sitting a couple feet onto his property. The neighbors kids used to run along the top and play around the short wall. His lawyer recommended as a CYA for potential liability, to have a conversation with the neighbor and have him sign a lease the lawyer drew up. IIRC it was like a 100 year lease for the sum of $1. My co-worker spoke to the guy and joked that the lease and a 6 pack would seal the deal. The neighbor became enraged and stated the wall had been there for many years and it was on his property, stating the new survey was wrong. Fast forward. After multiple surveys (the neighbor ordered a new one that confirmed his wall was on my coworkers property. He eventually found a surveyor to agree with him), lawyer fees, etc., they end up in court. The judge looks everything over and finds that the wall is on my co-workers property. The judge tells my co-worker it's his call. Offer to lease an easemant he had originally, or have the wall removed. My coworker was so pissed at all the neighbor put him through, he had the judge order the guy to remove the wall.

And now they hate each other forever, yes?

 

[TheMan419]

And now they hate each other forever, yes?

I am sure they do. But that is the fault of the guy whose fence was in the wrong place. Proper way to handle that was to go half and half on a survey. Then if the fence is across the line sign the $1 lease.

 

[dodge man]

During 32 years of surveying, I've only seen people 3 or 4 times where neighbors agreed to split the cost of a survey. It's fair but rarely works out.