[Eric in the Ozarks]

This is not the only crazy law in Colorado.

[Condor51]

The judge is a scum bag as he knew exactly what he was doing. BUT - the law is the law and I believe it's basically the same in all states (time line may differ). Even us city slickers who grew up in Chicago know about it.

Not to hijack the thread but as to 'Red River': I love the movie but its so historically and anachronistically wrong, now that I'm older and wiser I shudder a bit when watching it. (but a lot of Westerns are like that)

[Citizen Tom Paine]

In at least two states if you fence a parcel of land and pay taxes for 14 years of so, the land becomes yours. The odd thing about this story is that the owners were paying taxes on it.

If you go down to a local court house and look at the tax maps, particularly ones which have not been updated lately, you can find parcel of land which aren’t recorded on the deeds.

[Rummyfan]

Ah, the roar of .44s in the twilight. If the courts won't protect our property rights, some just might resort to older ways.

Indeed! Maybe that's the way to deal with this thieving judge and his scumbag lawyer wife....

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

If the courts won't protect our property rights, some just might resort to older ways.

And why does the editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal think that the Libs are so keen to take away our firearms?

[george76]

Boulder District Judge Morris Sandstead, who served with McLean, issued the restraining order quite swiftly.

Serendipity, I guess.

[TXnMA]

In Texas, if that judge had done his partying on the neighbor's property at night, the media would be referring to "the late Judge..."

[steel_resolve]

Ah, the roar of .44s in the twilight. If the courts won't protect our property rights, some just might resort to older ways.

You can sometimes pick the mood of the country out from simple sentences. I think this one is a good example. People out in our country are boiling - over illegal immigration, over the Kelo decision, over the NIE report, etc. etc. etc. Who can say what will happen, but sentences like this might give one a clue.

[mallardx]

Edith Stevens is a former chair of the Boulder County Democrats. She and her husband are quite close with the Judge who allowed the adverse possession; the Judge did not recuse himself from the case despite being close friends with these land thieves.

[Verginius Rufus]

Is the $1 million figure the value of the entire lot, or of the portion of the lot the judge awarded to the neighbors?

[Alex Murphy]

Interesting discussion of “squatters’ rights”. Of course, it had to happen in Boulder, Colorado.

[Nevadan]

This scumbag judge and his scumbag lawyer wife are even worse than the editorial indicates. Not only did they use the courts to steal the Kirlin’s property, they went back to court to demand even more. Fortunately this petition was not agreed to. But these thieves are also demanding that the Kirlins pay their legal costs of $9,000. According to what I read the Kirlins have already had to spend $120,000 defending their property rights, and they will be having to spend even more to appeal the case.

Unbelievable!

[rawhide]

I read the other day where this couple went back to the judge asking for an additional 9 inches of the neighbor’s lot to be granted to them. The same judge refused their 2nd request.

[Jim Verdolini]

They are theives and the judge who made the ruling is corrupt, and I would bet, a friend.

[pray4liberty]

This was posted on the Daily Camera. Reposted here with permission of the poster.

I believe Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law occurred when Judge Sandstead issued the speedy Friday afternoon restraining order to prevent the Kirlins from putting up their fence in the first place. For being law-abiding and playing by the rules, they ultimately lost their land. What they didn't know is M/S played by crooked rules.

The act of putting up a fence was an attempt on the part of the real owner to stop the adverse possession claim, and they were prevented from doing that by court order. The Kirlins faced jail (contempt of court) if they put up their fence.

All the attempts by the M/S team to spray Febreeze on their actions and reasoning makes them stink worse to average people like you and me. They forget that people like us sit on JURIES.

We the people can insist the U.S. Attorney Troy Eid get a grand jury to look at this mess as a prelude to prosecution.