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<p>I'm not remembering the facts, but if there was an effective
adverse possession period completed, wouldn't the subsequent deeds
from the common owner using the original legal descriptions
reverse that change in property line (which was presumably never
approved by the city/county)? The owner of both properties
transferred deeds away to the specifically described parcels.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kary L. Krismer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Roman",serif">That’s an interesting thought. Merger
requires 1. Coming together of two different estates; and 2.
Merger is not contrary to the intention of the party against
whom asserted, and not inimical to their interests. Unless
the owner of the two lots did not intend merger when the
second one was deeded to them, or it was against their
interests, then merger. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">As to Randy’s question, maybe merger does
apply. It would depend in part on what the person who owned
both parcels for four years says about intention and
inimicability. OK, so that’s not a word. Maybe it depends on
whether they have a dog in this fight, as to what they would
say. If they get tendered a claim, they have a dog in the
fight, and they may want to say merger was the intention and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">doesn't the merger
doctrine distinguish this fact pattern from the Gorman
case, which dealt with perfecting title prior to being
acquired my a municipality? I didn't see merger addressed
in the Gorman case anywhere, and the municipality in that
case is just like any other owner in that it takes subject
to despite it being immune to AP claims after its
acquisition. In Gorman, the properties at issue where not
owned at any time by the same owner. It seems the merger
issue is what needs to be evaluated- maybe I am wrong and
merger (as contrasted with municipal acquisition) doesn't
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">If the
10 years ran prior to the acquisition of the two
properties, then adverse possession is perfected at that
time, especially if the two parcels were acquired at
different times by the common owner. Gorman states the
proposition as that once the 10 years runs, then adverse
possession is perfected, and all that left to do is to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Isn't
Gorman dealing with municipalities taking land
subject to AP claims already in existence when
the government acquires such land? I understood
the doctrine of merger to eliminate AP claims
when adjoining properties are acquired by the
same owner. The 10 years would not therefore
start again until there are actually adverse
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style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Randy: Not quite;
if 10 years had ran with the encroachment in
place before common ownership, the adverse
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am dealing with two
adjacent parcels. For many years they
were owned by different people. Until
recently there was no knowledge of an
encroachment of a yard area. When one
of the parcel owners died, the other
owner purchased that property (that
encroached). The two parcels were owned
by the same owner for 4 years. Then
that owner sold each of the parcels in
the same year to different parties. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of the new owners
claims adverse possession for the yard
area encroachment. It seems to me that
when both lots were owned by one owner
the adverse possession claim could no
longer be asserted. New owner has only
owned for 5 years. Both parcels were
sold with Warranty Deeds.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone run across
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