Dan Haar: A property owner returns to CT, finds a new $1.5M house on his land. Now police are involved

CT Insider ^ | July 28, 2023 | Dan Haar

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For the last two years, the online land records page in the town of Fairfield has offered a “fraud alert” service. Anyone can sign up to see legal filings on their property. It’s part of the careful new world – but no one could anticipate the situation that’s unfolding on Sky Top Terrace, near Sacred Heart University.

Dr. Daniel Kenigsberg grew up in a house his parents bought on the semicircular street in 1953, when he was a 1-year-old. After medical school in New York and residency in Maryland, he and his wife raised their two children on Long Island, across the Sound from Fairfield.

Kenigsberg never lost his fondness for the town. For decades, he held on to a vacant parcel of just under a half-acre next door to his childhood home. His father had bought that land, also in 1953, directly from Eleazar Parmly Jr. -- the family that settled the area in 1716.

[stylin19a]

wondering why the lawsuit didn't include everybody involved.

The lawsuit does not name Keller Williams(Keller Williams Realty) or the agent who listed the property, nor the agent for Coldwell Banker, which is listed as the selling agent for Sky Top Partners on that company's website and many others.

also wonder who did\falsified the title search?

[Do_Tar]

Go to Google Maps and look up the address/area.
Then change to “satellite” view. Not exactly a real time image, but they’re usually surprisingly recent.

Also, as mentioned by others, many counties have a “Fraud Alert” system you can sign up for.

[FamiliarFace]

That’s a good idea. I’ll tell him. Maybe he does get fraud alerts. He just seems like he’s very trusting on this, and I know I myself would want to check it out personally, and would make active plans to do just that.

[cgbg]

The fraud was the power of attorney—everything else was a consequence of that.

Realtors and title companies are not normally liable for failing to investigate powers of attorney.

The “buyer” of the land can try to sue them if they wish—they might get a settlement of some sort if they have a ferocious take no prisoners attorney.

My sister had a “long shot” lawsuit a few years ago—I was sure it would go nowhere—but her attorney was such a firebrand that the other side paid out a reasonable settlement just to make the suit go away.

[stylin19a]

thanx for that...great explanation