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adverse possession of federal or public land

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 12:05 am
by jgc02a
can someone give me a hypo about how one could adversely possess federal or gov land?

Re: adverse possession of federal or public land

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 12:38 am
by jeanster
You cannot adversely possess from the gov't. Simple as that.

Re: adverse possession of federal or public land

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 12:40 am
by prezidentv8
jeanster wrote:You cannot adversely possess from the gov't. Simple as that.
Well, that was easy.

Re: adverse possession of federal or public land

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:30 am
by jgc02a
what about public land?

Re: adverse possession of federal or public land

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:16 am
by Tom Joad
jgc02a wrote:what about public land?
The Crown does not take kindly to squatters. Remember, at common law, courts of law were ordained by the Crown. Why would the King's judges give his land away?