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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Chris: A lot of those old railroad right of ways contain reversionary language to the original grantor (presumably your client is a successor) when it ceases to be used as a railroad. If that is not the case;
I would try to figure out which railroad currently holds the rights and contact them directly to negotiate a resolution. A guy named Stephen Graddon, who I think is located in South King County, does historical research on railroad titles and he may be able
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a client whose property encroaches onto an old RR right of way (by which I mean improvements including pavement and a retaining wall). I’ve quickly looked at some old cases that seem to indicate that one can’t adversely possess
part of a RR ROW. Does anyone have a contrary view? The cases I’ve looked at are about 100 years old.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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