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In answer to what you wrote, the abutter to our land stated in his deposition that he had used a “hand-held’ GPS device to located the boundaries, however we had a stamped survey completed that backs up our claims. But, the judge for our suit would not even allow this surveyor to say he had completed that survey, let alone allow it into evidence. This is just one example of the “one sided” obstacles we had thrown in our way.

There are two stone walls that possibly could be the boundary on one side, and three on another. Town records and their deed reveal that the abutter’s land runs only to our southern boundary. Yet they hired a “less than reputable suveyor”, who we might add is now their “house surveyor”, and has erroneaously found in favor of her employers on at least two documented occasions.

Now you see what we have been up against. I might also add that these abutters have racked up 45 to 50 “boundary agreements” with other land owners in the last 30 years, which are on file in the York County Registry of Deeds.

better luck