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Reply by Matt Harnett on December 20, 2012 at 3:27pm

I had to use a different browser to view them.  Looks like a good job Deward.  You have to really dig sometimes to find out what happened.  Just digging in the ground isn't enough.  You really have to dig into the paperwork and do your research.  Sometimes that stuff is hard to put together. 

Reply by Deward Karl Bowles on December 20, 2012 at 10:20am

Matt if you look closely at the survey map you will notice that the partially attached garage to the home is on a piece of land not encompassed by the owner's deed.

If you read the Surveyor's Report attached to it you will find that this was a result of an error in the conveyance to the current owner. One individual owned most of the land within this block at one time. They conveyed pieces of it over a period of time until they were left with the subject tract. The individual passed away and their heirs then conveyed the subject tract to the current owner. Unfortunately nobody realized that they had failed to convey ALL the remaining land to the current owner. This left a strip of land in theory still owned by the heirs. The adjoining property owner found out about this condition (apparently through a Title Insurance Firm) and was somehow convinced by them to file an fraudulent Affidavit of Ownership and Possession for the strip of land in question.

I have traced all the records in the Surveyor's Report which positively prove these facts. I am uncertain of the outcome of this particular problem because I am not privy to the legal moves being made at this point. However I wanted to point out that it is not enough to just survey the property that is in the most current deed. If I had done that then my client would be stuck with a survey showing his garage on somebody else's land that does not explain how such a crazy condition like that could have come to exist. 

I have proven that this is simply a mistake in the original conveyance to him and have pointed out a way to cure this problem with little or no cost to my client. 

Reply by Matt Harnett on December 18, 2012 at 1:48pm

I must not have looked close enough:  I didn't find it.  What exactly did you discover?  Encroachment?

Reply by Deward Karl Bowles on September 25, 2012 at 8:02am

Thank you Mr. Purvis. I am just trying to show that you must look....if you don't you will not find it. The minimum standard is not always what is necessary to get to the root of the real problems. You must be willing to go beyond that if you wish to produce a product that the public can actually use.

Reply by Henry D. "Dee" Purvis III on September 23, 2012 at 9:04pm

Very good job.

Reply by LSU Justin on September 14, 2012 at 11:05am

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