Sentences with phrase «adverse possession when»

The Texas Supreme Court ruled unanimously late last week in favor of BP America Production Co. («BP») in a closely - watched case involving two recurring issues: (1) the duty of royalty owners to bring actions in a timely fashion, and (2) the requisites of adverse possession when unleased co-tenants mistakenly believe their mineral interests are under lease (more...)

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Now, let me tell you what adverse possession isn't: it isn't when someone else's house goes into foreclosure and is sitting vacant, and you somehow get into the house, put your couch in the living room and declare it to be yours under adverse possession.

I'm no expert on adverse possession by any stretch, but it usually occurs when someone builds a barn or something like that a few feet over the property line, and then uses that barn for 20 years.

At least one of these people thought she had bought the house from someone when she gave the «seller» a used pickup truck in exchange for a house and a «document of adverse possession» that declared her to be the owner of the house.

(9) A tax deed or notice of vesting, when registered, vests in the person named in the deed or in the City, as the case may be, any interest in or title to adjoining land acquired by adverse possession before the registration of the tax deed or notice of vesting if the person originally acquiring the interest or title by adverse possession did so as a consequence of possession of the land described in the tax deed or notice of vesting.

When those charges were finally dropped in late 2017, DeCaprio and his colleagues interpreted it as a confirmation that adverse - possession claims might be a viable strategy for housing for at least some of the Bay Area's burgeoning homeless population.»