amacoycurry
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What is the name of your state?Wisconsin
I have posted here before on our problem and now have another question.
We have a lawsuit against our neighbor for building structures on our property. We bought 91 feet of lake property that had 2 small cabins on it in 1985. It had been part of a resort that was portioned off into 4 lots, all with cabins on them. The property to our north was sold shortly after we bought and in 1993 was sold again. The first owner put in a new septic system. When the next owner bought he tore down an old 12 foot garage and put up a 24 foot garage. He did not have the property surveyed before he did this. We questioned him at the time because we thought he was too close to the lot line. He said that he had gone to the surveyors office and knew where the property line was. He owned 58 feet of property. Last year he put up a shed even more toward us and we again questioned him and he said he knew where the lot line was. Well, we had it surveyed and not only is the shed on our property, 12-1/2 feet of his garage is also on our property as is the septic system by about 7 feet. We have initiated a lawsuit to have him remove the structures and his attorney is always coming up with some new lie that our neighbor has told him. First they tried adverse possesion, then asked the township to do an assessors plat, now they have found a new argument that is from another case in Wisconsin. They are now saying that when the owner of the resort sold the property he pointed out where everyones lot line was and that his is where he was told it was. This never happened. We bought first and bought by property despription. We were never shown any such thing. We have had 2 surveys that show we are correct. He has had one done in January, but it mysteriously is not done yet. My question is-is his argument a valid one? We know it never happened that way but he has tried every deceitful way to keep our property. Funny thing, when the survey was done and we showed him the boundries his wife said "why didn't you tell us where the property lines were."
I have posted here before on our problem and now have another question.
We have a lawsuit against our neighbor for building structures on our property. We bought 91 feet of lake property that had 2 small cabins on it in 1985. It had been part of a resort that was portioned off into 4 lots, all with cabins on them. The property to our north was sold shortly after we bought and in 1993 was sold again. The first owner put in a new septic system. When the next owner bought he tore down an old 12 foot garage and put up a 24 foot garage. He did not have the property surveyed before he did this. We questioned him at the time because we thought he was too close to the lot line. He said that he had gone to the surveyors office and knew where the property line was. He owned 58 feet of property. Last year he put up a shed even more toward us and we again questioned him and he said he knew where the lot line was. Well, we had it surveyed and not only is the shed on our property, 12-1/2 feet of his garage is also on our property as is the septic system by about 7 feet. We have initiated a lawsuit to have him remove the structures and his attorney is always coming up with some new lie that our neighbor has told him. First they tried adverse possesion, then asked the township to do an assessors plat, now they have found a new argument that is from another case in Wisconsin. They are now saying that when the owner of the resort sold the property he pointed out where everyones lot line was and that his is where he was told it was. This never happened. We bought first and bought by property despription. We were never shown any such thing. We have had 2 surveys that show we are correct. He has had one done in January, but it mysteriously is not done yet. My question is-is his argument a valid one? We know it never happened that way but he has tried every deceitful way to keep our property. Funny thing, when the survey was done and we showed him the boundries his wife said "why didn't you tell us where the property lines were."