There is a line of cases that state the adversely used area has to be "used" in the manner similar to the nature of the surrounding property during the period of time required. Could you argue that a nonconforming use fails this requirement?<br><br>On Monday, October 3, 2016, Paul <<a href="mailto:pneumiller@hotmail.com">pneumiller@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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the element “and the adverse possessors use must be lawful.” Maybe it hasn’t come up because no adverse possessor wants to admit to an unlawful use?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com');" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.<wbr>com</a> [mailto:<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com');" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.<wbr>wsbarppt.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Faber<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 30, 2016 4:35 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Quiet Title - "Actual Possession" Where Possessor's Use Is Unlawful<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PC has been threatened with a quiet title action by the owner of a vacant/unimproved lot neighboring PC's property. The neighbor has been using a portion of PC's property to dump garbage/junk/broken down vehicles/etc for decades. The issue
I am wrestling with is whether a person can claim that they had "actual possession" of a disputed portion of property when their use of the property was technically unlawful (local zoning disallows use of vacant land as a junkyard, and neighbor is now being
threatened by city with daily fines for violating solid waste disposal requirements)? I recall seeing a case that stood for the proposition that one cannot claim adverse possession through unlawful use, but I cannot seem to find that case. Does this ring a
bell with anyone else or does anyone have any thoughts on this?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David J. Faber<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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