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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1756650" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>The first thing you need to do is read up on disputes. Who are going to be the judges that handle them. If the arbitration panel is a group of your peers (fellow landowners) things are much in your favor. Counter offer with at least 3 times what they are offering.</p><p>On my place they offered 32K. I countered with 80K. Two months later they raise their offer to 40K and threatened eminent domain. I raised my counter offer to 95K when I found out the arb panel would consist of three of my peers. It took nine months and a trip to watch the trials of some others that wouldn't settle for me to build my case. When I showed up for trial with a stack of photos and documents, they decided to play nice. I settled with my original offer of 80 plus expenses which were $3000. </p><p></p><p>Ironically one the trials I watched had a hotshot well polished lawyer representing this man that claimed his tract was going to be set up a a housing project for ranchettes. It was complete BS and everyone knew it. The land had been for sale for 5 years. The arb panel shot him down. I talked to the arb panel after it was over and they said the big city lawyer's lies disgusted them. So if it goes to trial be careful. For sure be there in person. Act and dress like the cowboy you are and act like the transmission company and their lawyers are trying to take advantage of a country bumkin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1756650, member: 5381"] The first thing you need to do is read up on disputes. Who are going to be the judges that handle them. If the arbitration panel is a group of your peers (fellow landowners) things are much in your favor. Counter offer with at least 3 times what they are offering. On my place they offered 32K. I countered with 80K. Two months later they raise their offer to 40K and threatened eminent domain. I raised my counter offer to 95K when I found out the arb panel would consist of three of my peers. It took nine months and a trip to watch the trials of some others that wouldn't settle for me to build my case. When I showed up for trial with a stack of photos and documents, they decided to play nice. I settled with my original offer of 80 plus expenses which were $3000. Ironically one the trials I watched had a hotshot well polished lawyer representing this man that claimed his tract was going to be set up a a housing project for ranchettes. It was complete BS and everyone knew it. The land had been for sale for 5 years. The arb panel shot him down. I talked to the arb panel after it was over and they said the big city lawyer's lies disgusted them. So if it goes to trial be careful. For sure be there in person. Act and dress like the cowboy you are and act like the transmission company and their lawyers are trying to take advantage of a country bumkin. [/QUOTE]
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