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Originally posted by Alligator:
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I spoke with a local attorney in my county who specializes in real estate/property disputes. According to him, the Texas law on adverse possession applies to this situation. He said if the other owner can show proof that he has had possession and maintained the land for 10+ years; the law is in his favor should we go to court.

In my case the neighbor has maintained the land and "could" rightfully acquire the land - even though our deeds match and the deeded boundary is not on the fence line, as he is claiming. It seems dishonest to me, however I�m sure my neighbor has a different perspective. I asked him why and all he gave me was because that�s the way its always been...so much for deeds.

Lesson learned. Thanks ewest (and others) for your assistance.
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Originally posted by CATMANDOO:
Wisconsin property lines were fairly well defined when I had my issues. But, the section markers were put in during the 1930s, and my deed went back to the mid-1800s. It still came down to "adverse possession" in my favor because of a regularly used driveway and fence line.
There were several things I forgot when I wrote my note above (it all happened almost 40 years ago). The neighbor with whom I had the dispute died before the issue was completely settled. His property sold without any dispute using what was known as a "quit claim deed." The new owner never questioned my property boundaries.

A few years later, the new owner of his property bought out my whole parcel without a word being said.

Maybe you can just outlast your neighbor.

One other item to ask questions about -- here in WV, if the disputed parcel is substantial in size (acre plus??), the person claiming the property must have been paying taxes on the claimed land for some period of time.

Good luck
Ken

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