The lady was bawling her eyes out.
She wanted to appeal her husband’s felony conviction but I refused her money. It’s been over thirty years ago and the story is public record.
At the time upland pasture land was about $750 an acre and the couple both had good jobs and 40 acres of land was only $30,000.
They spent another $30,000 for a basement house, some call an earth contact home.
And instead of putting their new home as far as practical from boundary lines they put it close to a neighbors pasture by a fence that must have been there fifty years.
And because of their new, lush lawn the neighbor’s cows would get out and graze on their lawn and there were many calls to the Sheriff and a new fence was maybe a thousand dollars at that time and a new fence was discussed.
But the couple didn’t agree. They wanted the line surveyed and moved over away from their home.
And they spent several thousand dollars for a surveyor and the surveyed line turned out to be partially over the roof of their new home.
Seeing this the neighbor hired a bulldozer and built a fence where his cows grazed over their bedroom while they slept.
The rest is a bit foggy in my memory but there was some kind of argument with the neighbor—-her husband had a gun —-
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571.030. Unlawful use of weapons, offense of — exceptions — violation, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons, except as otherwise provided by sections 571.101 to 571.121, if he or she knowingly:
(1) Carries concealed upon or about his or her person a knife, a firearm, a blackjack or any other weapon readily capable of lethal use into any area where firearms are restricted under section 571.107; or
(2) Sets a spring gun; or
(3) Discharges or shoots a firearm into a dwelling house, a railroad train, boat, aircraft, or motor vehicle as defined in section 302.010, or any building or structure used for the assembling of people; or
(4) Exhibits, in the presence of one or more persons, any weapon readily capable of lethal use in an angry or threatening manner; or
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8. A person who commits the crime of unlawful use of weapons under:
(1) Subdivision (2), (3), (4), or (11) of subsection 1 of this section shall be guilty of a class E felony;
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Explain “flourishing a deadly weapon” to a woman who had to raise children on her own over a boundary dispute while her husband went to prison, and you’ll call your Mama to thank her how you were raised.
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Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
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And also —-
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
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I can also state, that the only professionals who charge more to stir up pure, white hot hatred between neighbors that lasts for generations, than lawyers are surveyors.
Ignorance of the true line is always cheaper.
Unless a lender absolutely requires it, never ever survey a line.
Every neighbor who sees the flags will hate you and your family for generations yet unborn.
She wanted to appeal her husband’s felony conviction but I refused her money. It’s been over thirty years ago and the story is public record.
At the time upland pasture land was about $750 an acre and the couple both had good jobs and 40 acres of land was only $30,000.
They spent another $30,000 for a basement house, some call an earth contact home.
And instead of putting their new home as far as practical from boundary lines they put it close to a neighbors pasture by a fence that must have been there fifty years.
And because of their new, lush lawn the neighbor’s cows would get out and graze on their lawn and there were many calls to the Sheriff and a new fence was maybe a thousand dollars at that time and a new fence was discussed.
But the couple didn’t agree. They wanted the line surveyed and moved over away from their home.
And they spent several thousand dollars for a surveyor and the surveyed line turned out to be partially over the roof of their new home.
Seeing this the neighbor hired a bulldozer and built a fence where his cows grazed over their bedroom while they slept.
The rest is a bit foggy in my memory but there was some kind of argument with the neighbor—-her husband had a gun —-
< > • Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 12 histories
571.030. Unlawful use of weapons, offense of — exceptions — violation, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons, except as otherwise provided by sections 571.101 to 571.121, if he or she knowingly:
(1) Carries concealed upon or about his or her person a knife, a firearm, a blackjack or any other weapon readily capable of lethal use into any area where firearms are restricted under section 571.107; or
(2) Sets a spring gun; or
(3) Discharges or shoots a firearm into a dwelling house, a railroad train, boat, aircraft, or motor vehicle as defined in section 302.010, or any building or structure used for the assembling of people; or
(4) Exhibits, in the presence of one or more persons, any weapon readily capable of lethal use in an angry or threatening manner; or
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8. A person who commits the crime of unlawful use of weapons under:
(1) Subdivision (2), (3), (4), or (11) of subsection 1 of this section shall be guilty of a class E felony;
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Explain “flourishing a deadly weapon” to a woman who had to raise children on her own over a boundary dispute while her husband went to prison, and you’ll call your Mama to thank her how you were raised.
——
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
——
And also —-
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
——
I can also state, that the only professionals who charge more to stir up pure, white hot hatred between neighbors that lasts for generations, than lawyers are surveyors.
Ignorance of the true line is always cheaper.
Unless a lender absolutely requires it, never ever survey a line.
Every neighbor who sees the flags will hate you and your family for generations yet unborn.
