[isthisnickcool]

Just another story that proves that the majority of lawyers are unproductive thieves. There are a good few ones but most of them are marginally intelligent people who are lacking any human creativity. They exist only because they have people than can leech off of.

This is a classic "good old boy" deal involving local lawyers and judges getting together to steal. Note that the property owner goes to build a fence and the "lawyer/ex-judge" gets a TRO in TWO HOURS and it gets issued AFTER THE COURT IS CLOSED.

I wish these folks well but they have already lost a lot. Their property was worth $800K-$1 million and their legal fees will be hundreds of thousands. If they prevail on appeal they will still be out 100's of thousands of dollars. That's besides all the stress.

It does appear that they received very bad advice from their lawyers who suggested that they not have a jury trial and instead let a local judge decide. I'm very suspicious of that. Very.

I'd like to see this go the same way the Judge with the pants at the cleaners deal went. Maybe it will.

[USNBandit]

The landowner needs to protect himself from another run on his property and develop his lot as soon as possible. I recommend placing a liveable structure right on the property line that looks like this.

Of course this structure needs some improvement, such as expanding the porch to make room for the fridge.