

For example, hunting yearly on the property does not qualify as adverse possession. Actual possession – the person occupying the land must have physical possession, acting in a manner of a property owner, which is different from only visiting.

Music: " Fruit Salad ," " Keep With It " and " Purple Sun. Īlways free at these links: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, NPR One or anywhere you get podcasts.įind more Planet Money: Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / Our weekly Newsletter. Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at /planetmoney. Jess Jiang is Planet Money's acting executive producer. This episode was produced by Willa Rubin and Dylan Sloan and edited by Molly Messick. Right?īut, as Burt would soon learn, the law can get really complicated when it comes to determining who actually owns something.

If you hold a deed saying you own a plot of land, it's your land. Protecting private property is one of the fundamental jobs of the American legal system. But when it came time to sell it, he ran into a problem: his neighbor had a goat pen, and about half of it crossed over onto his property.īurt asked the goats' owner to move the pen, but when neighborly persuasion failed to get the job done, he changed his strategy. "Įvelynn and Cinnamon stand in the goat pen behind Melissa Schrock's house, which is at the heart of the property dispute.īack in 2005, Burt Banks inherited a plot of old family land in Delaware. Find more Planet Money: Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / Our weekly Newsletter.

Always free at these links: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, NPR One or anywhere you get podcasts. Right? But, as Burt would soon learn, the law can get really complicated when it comes to determining who actually owns something. Burt asked the goats' owner to move the pen, but when neighborly persuasion failed to get the job done, he changed his strategy. But when it came time to sell it, he ran into a problem: his neighbor had a goat pen, and about half of it crossed over onto his property. The law of adverse possession, and how one man lost his land to a herd of goats : Planet Money Back in 2005, Burt Banks inherited a plot of old family land in Delaware.
