Client reports that, now that the fence is done, and now that the 70 mph windstorm has passed, that put 4 tree limbs in the elderly neighbor's roof, that he removed for them, and tarped the holes and patched, and ran them extension cords for power, that they are genuinely sorry they called the cops in hopes of halting his new fence, and threatened lawsuits, and guilted him about fencing in the shrubs they had planted in hopes of adverse possession, 12 feet from the house sidings, lo these many years ago, perhaps thinking they'd be ten foot offsets, just like in the big city, only from the roof overhang, for that extra couple of feet, and the carport they built for occupation, only to remove in the last spat over a decade ago, so that when it came down to it, nobody really knew where the line was for almost 40 years, nothing is radial to anything or parallel to anything in this 1950's plat full of curves, so along comes a surveyor and a new fence and now they know. After almost 40 years of hostility, a good fence, Mother Nature, and a power outage have brought some peace to the neighborhood.
Had a client years ago who had a dispute with the neighbor over about three feet of land.?ÿ The client had lived in the same house for over 50 years and was certain the fence must be in the correct location.?ÿ I found the answer at the courthouse.?ÿ About 48 years earlier the client had purchased three feet from the adjoiner.?ÿ He had totally forgotten about that.?ÿ The current adjoiner was upset because he thought he had a full 60 foot lot but it only measured 57 between the fences.?ÿ He had never read his deed stating "less the east three feet thereof".
The alley fence was a very old mesh wire type that is not commonly found these days.?ÿ Three feet from the southwest fence post was a very neat splice from where the client had extended the fence about 48 years earlier.?ÿ So much water under the bridge in the intervening years to totally forget what had occurred.