Posted on 07/21/2013 8:43:51 AM PDT by rickmichaels
A Texas couple came home from vacation this week to find an empty lot where their house once stood.
A contractor in Fort Worth, Texas, sent to demolish the condemned house next door instead mistakenly destroyed David Underwood's home, which had been in his family for decades.
The contractor mistook the house for the condemned one because it was vacant with no electricity. Underwood and his wife had just purchased his grandmother's old house from his aunt and planned to move in after some renovations.
They discovered their future home was gone when they dropped by to mow the lawn Saturday after returning from holidays.
The house next door, which was supposed to have been demolished, was still standing.
"I can literally remember sitting on the counter when I was a little kid, and my grandmother would cook breakfast, lunch, dinner, whatever," Underwood told the Star-Telegram newspaper.
The city says it's investigating the error.
they write on your body
When I had knee surgery some years ago in Mass- I had to mark which knee and put my surgeon’s initials on as well, before I had any anesthetic.
I did.
The owners story about mowing and moving in is a subterfuge to increase the take from the coming law suit.
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