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    Adverse Possession
    Adverse Possession
    Adverse Possession
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    Adverse Possession

    By R. Richard

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    Abby asks, “You were making enough money at age 16-years-old, that you could afford to buy or rent this house?”
    I laugh, “No. My old man told me about something called adverse possession. If I moved into an abandoned house, established, in my name, water and sewer service, electric service, gas service, mail service, that sort of thing, paid the taxes and lived here, openly and notoriously, I had started the process of adverse possession.”
    Abby asks, “You didn't buy the house or pay rent?”
    “No, I just lived here and paid the utilities and taxes. I did talk to the county and got the taxes reduced by a bunch, since the house was now worthless, in a sale.”
    Abby shakes her head in denial, “So you just lived in somebody else's house?”
    “The old man who lived here, back when, had no family and he snagged a good job, far away from here, or so he told people around here. The house was worthless and his chances of returning were essentially zero. I had begun the legal process of adverse possession.”
    Abby again shakes her head in denial, “What you were doing is legal?”
    I lecture: “The legal theory of Adverse possession goes back to at least Roman law. The basic idea was that a person who uses land for a certain period of time has certain ownership rights to the land. Back when, adverse possession was mainly used with respect to farm land. A rural farmer would die, his lands laid fallow and the King, Emperor, whatever collected no taxes. A peasant would come along and begin to raise crops on land that he didn’t own and the King, Emperor, whatever again collected taxes.“
    Abby intones, “There are only two sure things, death and taxes. They’re working on death.”
    I continue my lecture, “In order to gain title to land, under adverse possession, you have to DIthings that are normally done with the land. Back when it was mainly farm land and farming. I live in this house. I established, in my name, water and sewer service, electric service, gas service, mail service, that sort of thing, paid the property taxes and lived here, openly and notoriously. I then wet through certain legal actions and I now own the house, via the process of adverse possession. Hell, I even have a legal deed.”
    Abby asks, “So, you just got a house for free?”
    I sigh, “It’s not quite that simple. If the legal owner had showed up during the wait period and told me to leave, he could have had me evicted, by the police.”
    Abby says, “So, you moved into this house, held your breath for a long time and then got a house for free?”
    “Yes. After I moved into the house I then took and passed the GED then bid farewell to the kiddie high school. I continued to work for the military base, especially after they had to cut back and had few suppliers. Even after the local base ceased to buy my refurbished military communications gear, other bases stepped in. I was living in this house, rent free, and making a decent living. I then began to take college classes, by computer, and I also taught myself how to program military computers. I worked the educational system for all of the credits for 'life experience' that I could get. I also raised a few crops on the vacant lot, next door and I also hired people to harvest some timber, from the woods on the other side.”
    Abby is shocked, “Jim, you tell me you were stealing other people's property?”
    “It wasn't and it isn't stealing other people's property, it's called 'Prescriptive Easement,' in legal terms.”
    Abby looks hard at me and asks, “What's this Prescriptive Easement thing?”
    “If you, openly and notoriously use someone else's property, for a year, you have established the beginning of Prescriptive Easement, although it's a bit more complicated than that.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateJul 30, 2016
    ISBN9781370670031
    Adverse Possession
    Author

    R. Richard

    I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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      Adverse Possession - R. Richard

      Adverse Possession

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      Copyright 2018 R. Richard

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      Adverse Possession

      By R. Richard © 2018

      Matt, the Department Manager, calls me into his office. He just stares at me for a while and then he tells me, Jim Long, since you have just finished work on your assigned project, we really have no more use for your programming work. So, I'm gonna have to lay you off.

      I politely ask, If there are problems with the project that I just finished, who will you use to solve the problems?

      Matt just grins his usual superior grin and says, You just let me worry about that.

      I reply, That I will do. I then get up and walk out of Matt's office. I continue walking, until I get to personnel. I walk in and Nancy is waiting for me.

      Nancy says, I presume that Matt delivered the news.

      I reply, He did indeed.

      Nancy then snaps, You either have to return the company stock that was contracted to you or pay the company the sum of $22 per share.

      I smile at the lady and tell her, I sold my stock, I'll pay the company $110,000 for my 5,000 shares.

      Nancy is obviously shocked and then she recovers, You can't have sold the stock. It's lettered stock and you can't sell it until a still future date.

      I sigh and lecture the lady, "That's correct, I can't sell my stock. I did sell call options on my stock, back when it reached $105 per share. When the options

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