LadyWolf55
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Missouri
2 1/2 years ago, we bought a 3.75 acre farm. The next door neighbor was the previous owner's father. He had purchased the farm 5 years before we purchased ours, and subdivided the land.
Our house was the original house (built in 1945) on 140 acres. The neighbor built another house on the hill behind our house, three years before we bought this one, and then he sold the original house to his daughter, completely renovated and with only 3.75 acres. The way he divided the land was really wacky. His daughter sold us the house in Dec 2002 when she had financial difficulties. Her father lost his new house in bankruptcy Nov 2003.
Unbeknownst to us, the laterals for our septic tank flow 50 ft down into the yard of the neighbor, because that land used to belong to our house originally. After the neighbor lost it in bankruptcy a year after we purchased our house. The bank sold it to another couple in May 2004, who now want us to move our laterals, since they started to seep into their front lawn (at least 200 yds from the front of their house) this spring.
Our laterals have been there since 1945, apparently. The original owner of this farm is in his eighties, and confirms this.
Do WE have an obligation to move/maintain our laterals on their property? Can they cap off our laterals and back up our septic system, even though they purchased their property with our laterals already there? (They are threatening to do this)
2 1/2 years ago, we bought a 3.75 acre farm. The next door neighbor was the previous owner's father. He had purchased the farm 5 years before we purchased ours, and subdivided the land.
Our house was the original house (built in 1945) on 140 acres. The neighbor built another house on the hill behind our house, three years before we bought this one, and then he sold the original house to his daughter, completely renovated and with only 3.75 acres. The way he divided the land was really wacky. His daughter sold us the house in Dec 2002 when she had financial difficulties. Her father lost his new house in bankruptcy Nov 2003.
Unbeknownst to us, the laterals for our septic tank flow 50 ft down into the yard of the neighbor, because that land used to belong to our house originally. After the neighbor lost it in bankruptcy a year after we purchased our house. The bank sold it to another couple in May 2004, who now want us to move our laterals, since they started to seep into their front lawn (at least 200 yds from the front of their house) this spring.
Our laterals have been there since 1945, apparently. The original owner of this farm is in his eighties, and confirms this.
Do WE have an obligation to move/maintain our laterals on their property? Can they cap off our laterals and back up our septic system, even though they purchased their property with our laterals already there? (They are threatening to do this)
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