No rules: Illegal cabins with million-dollar views of Portland
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That is an awful lot of concern!
"Portland homeless cabins with million dollar..."
so I guess now you know what kind of article to expect.
Adverse possession is complicated, according to https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/who-can-claim-proper... it takes ten years. Article says they've been doing it for five years, but if it's different people, presumably the time resets.
>The railroad may regret deferring this for so long.
On the other hand, article seems to indicate the railroad is not particularly interested in this land. Perhaps they just want to let other people deal with it and give it up.
The legal gray area seems to be that it’s not clear where the railroad land begins because it’s determined by the shoreline which fluctuates with the water level.
Although Union Pacific probably has enough authority to evict the squatters. It sounds like nobody wants the expense and political fallout of dealing with the problem.
I'm sure that makes those people who overpaid for their view sad, but other people enjoying the same view isn't theft of "their" view. They can all enjoy it together.
Ironic given koin.com maybe like κοινός (koinós -- "common, general, available")