GRANNY IS NOT SHOUTING, I ALWAYS TYPE LIKE THIS.
A FEW MONTHS AGO FLORIDA DEPT. OF TRANS. MANAGER OF LOCAL OFFICE W/ ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, CAME UP TO WHERE I WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR TENDING TO MY 1/2 BARREL GARDEN IN THE BACK YARD. WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO GET TO THAT POND DOWN THE ROAD. I TOLD THEM WE OWNED IT AND SO FORTH.. I ASKED THAT THEY DOCUMENT THEIR CLAIM TO IT IN WRITING. THEY NEVER DID. SHOWED UP A FEW WEEKS LATER WITH A FLA. DEPT. OF LAW ENFORCEMENT COP AND SAID THE POND WAS THEIRS AND DEMANDED TO PUT A LOCK ON IT.......SINCE MY NAME IS NOT ONTHE DEED I REFERRED THEM TO WHO WAS AND TOLD THEM IN LEGAL MATTERS THEY COULD NOT FORCE ME TO DO ANYTHING. THEY PUT THE LOCK ON ANYWAY. ..... WE ARE DOWN TO NOW, TO HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO COURT AS THIS LAND HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR 60 YEARS AND 40 YEARS AGO THEY DID AN EMINENT DOMAN LAWSUIT AND WON PART OF THE POND.. FOR A BORROW PIT. THEN THEY ABANDONED IT FOR 40 YEARS.
IN CONSULTING AN ATTORNEY, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULD WIN A LOCAL LAWSUIT ON THE "ADVERSE POSSESSION LAW", (HAD IT OVER 7 YEARS, IMPROVED, IT STOCKED IT W/FISH & HAVE PAID COUNTY TAXES FOR 60 YEARS), BUT THAT THE STATE WOULD APPEAL IT TO THE UTTERMOST END. WHICH WE CANNOT AFFORD. THE POND WAS VALUED AT $25,000 WHEN MY BRANCH OF FAMILY TOOK IT OVER TWO YEARS AGO. NOW LAND VALUES HAVE JUMPED AND IT IS PROB. WORTH TWICE THAT. IT HAS HOUSES ON TWO SIDES FROM A SMALL SUBDIVISION. WE OWN THE A NARROW STRIP NEXT TO THE OLD RAILROAD BED AND THEN A WHOLE SIDE ON THE SOUTH( + 18 ACRES OF PASTURE). WE USE IT FOR FISHING, KIDS REC, WATER OUR CATTLE. IT IS A LOVELY SPOT OF NATURE (SEE MY AVATAR)
DOES ANYONE HAVE LITIGATION EXPERIECE W/THE STATE ?
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE ON THIS? OTHERWISE THE TITLE INS. PEOPLE LISTED IT AS AN "EASEMENT' WHICH THEY DONT COVER, BUT THE STATE DOES HAVE A "FEE SIMPLE DEED" FROM 1962. MY AND KIDS AND I HAVE A WARRANTY DEED FOR THE SAME PROPERTY. SINCE IT IS NOT AN EASEMENT, SEEMS TITLE INS SHOULD PAY.
A FEW MONTHS AGO FLORIDA DEPT. OF TRANS. MANAGER OF LOCAL OFFICE W/ ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, CAME UP TO WHERE I WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR TENDING TO MY 1/2 BARREL GARDEN IN THE BACK YARD. WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO GET TO THAT POND DOWN THE ROAD. I TOLD THEM WE OWNED IT AND SO FORTH.. I ASKED THAT THEY DOCUMENT THEIR CLAIM TO IT IN WRITING. THEY NEVER DID. SHOWED UP A FEW WEEKS LATER WITH A FLA. DEPT. OF LAW ENFORCEMENT COP AND SAID THE POND WAS THEIRS AND DEMANDED TO PUT A LOCK ON IT.......SINCE MY NAME IS NOT ONTHE DEED I REFERRED THEM TO WHO WAS AND TOLD THEM IN LEGAL MATTERS THEY COULD NOT FORCE ME TO DO ANYTHING. THEY PUT THE LOCK ON ANYWAY. ..... WE ARE DOWN TO NOW, TO HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO COURT AS THIS LAND HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR 60 YEARS AND 40 YEARS AGO THEY DID AN EMINENT DOMAN LAWSUIT AND WON PART OF THE POND.. FOR A BORROW PIT. THEN THEY ABANDONED IT FOR 40 YEARS.
IN CONSULTING AN ATTORNEY, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULD WIN A LOCAL LAWSUIT ON THE "ADVERSE POSSESSION LAW", (HAD IT OVER 7 YEARS, IMPROVED, IT STOCKED IT W/FISH & HAVE PAID COUNTY TAXES FOR 60 YEARS), BUT THAT THE STATE WOULD APPEAL IT TO THE UTTERMOST END. WHICH WE CANNOT AFFORD. THE POND WAS VALUED AT $25,000 WHEN MY BRANCH OF FAMILY TOOK IT OVER TWO YEARS AGO. NOW LAND VALUES HAVE JUMPED AND IT IS PROB. WORTH TWICE THAT. IT HAS HOUSES ON TWO SIDES FROM A SMALL SUBDIVISION. WE OWN THE A NARROW STRIP NEXT TO THE OLD RAILROAD BED AND THEN A WHOLE SIDE ON THE SOUTH( + 18 ACRES OF PASTURE). WE USE IT FOR FISHING, KIDS REC, WATER OUR CATTLE. IT IS A LOVELY SPOT OF NATURE (SEE MY AVATAR)
DOES ANYONE HAVE LITIGATION EXPERIECE W/THE STATE ?
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE ON THIS? OTHERWISE THE TITLE INS. PEOPLE LISTED IT AS AN "EASEMENT' WHICH THEY DONT COVER, BUT THE STATE DOES HAVE A "FEE SIMPLE DEED" FROM 1962. MY AND KIDS AND I HAVE A WARRANTY DEED FOR THE SAME PROPERTY. SINCE IT IS NOT AN EASEMENT, SEEMS TITLE INS SHOULD PAY.
