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dotts6969 t1_ite9g6j wrote

Reply to comment by DeliciousScratch3899 in State Senator stealing my land by Silly_Yak_3741

previous ownership passed away. Not suddenly, they were 90+. House was for sale for a long time as well. Seems like a lot of time and opportunity to settle the land dispute before hitting new ownership with a C&D

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Grand_Profession_207 t1_itedikt wrote

It’s entirely possible the AP of the land wasn’t malicious which could explain why it wasn’t settled with the previous owners and wasn’t until OP had the land surveyed that the boundary discrepancy was realized.

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SmiteyMcGee t1_itnf3se wrote

Not from RI but in my jurisdiction to qualify for AP (among other things) it has to be malicious. The senator would have had to made some use of the land (eg. Placing permanent structures)m tough to make an AP claim against a grass boulevard

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Grand_Profession_207 t1_itoa094 wrote

I think the malicious component is satisfied if it’s without the owners permission. E.g AP can’t be claimed on a parcel that one neighbor allows the other to use for grazing cows.

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