lee patzius
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Missouri
Hello,
We've owned 40 acres of a thick wooded, undeveloped hilltop since 1964. The land is mainly a "Y" shaped ridge top, with deep valleys and creeks off to all sides except for the entrance road.
Our neighbor, who is "upstream" of our property, began making access to our land extrememly difficult, (about 10 years ago) by forcing us to park our vehicles at least 1000 feet away from the property line, as he forced us to walk uphill over the portion of the road passing through his property.
Since we do not regularly visit our property, but maybe once or twice a year, we noticed three years ago he built a barn directly on top of the road itself.
Yes, he built it directly on TOP of the road, blocking us off our property completely.
This road has ALWAYS been there, as it has passed through our property 50 years even before we bought it, and WAY before our neighbor bought his property. We were there first. We have arial photos, and documents to prove the existance of our road.
Now our neighbor says the road is his personal driveway, and that we are trespassing as we gain access to our 40 acres.
I have routinely noticed our neighbor using OUR property for his personal enjoyment, as his horses have left plenty of trails, and the road on our property is freshly cleared, with piles of manure as evidence.
Last Saturday 4/02/05 I confronted them again, and now I've been told that I'm completely kicked off ALL of the road, and I need to get permission from everyone else in the rural "subdivision" upstream. (about 10 or so houses)
Where do we stand in this? Can this he block me from my property legally? What about his barn over the road? Do I have a chance of legally reclaiming my only access?
LJP
Hello,
We've owned 40 acres of a thick wooded, undeveloped hilltop since 1964. The land is mainly a "Y" shaped ridge top, with deep valleys and creeks off to all sides except for the entrance road.
Our neighbor, who is "upstream" of our property, began making access to our land extrememly difficult, (about 10 years ago) by forcing us to park our vehicles at least 1000 feet away from the property line, as he forced us to walk uphill over the portion of the road passing through his property.
Since we do not regularly visit our property, but maybe once or twice a year, we noticed three years ago he built a barn directly on top of the road itself.
Yes, he built it directly on TOP of the road, blocking us off our property completely.
This road has ALWAYS been there, as it has passed through our property 50 years even before we bought it, and WAY before our neighbor bought his property. We were there first. We have arial photos, and documents to prove the existance of our road.
Now our neighbor says the road is his personal driveway, and that we are trespassing as we gain access to our 40 acres.
I have routinely noticed our neighbor using OUR property for his personal enjoyment, as his horses have left plenty of trails, and the road on our property is freshly cleared, with piles of manure as evidence.
Last Saturday 4/02/05 I confronted them again, and now I've been told that I'm completely kicked off ALL of the road, and I need to get permission from everyone else in the rural "subdivision" upstream. (about 10 or so houses)
Where do we stand in this? Can this he block me from my property legally? What about his barn over the road? Do I have a chance of legally reclaiming my only access?
LJP
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