Fence Alignment
Maybe this is only of interest to me:
In the 1950s one Zacharias owned roughly 1 acre that my house is situated on (the 1 acre has since been subdivided, we have a bit north of a third of an acre net). Then he acquired a 164 foot wide tract adjacent to the north (same depth). First he sold an 85 foot wide lot on the north side of that lot leaving a 79 feet remainder. Then some time after that he sold the remainder to the same grantee but described it as 80 feet wide effectively moving the common boundary 1 foot south. The Title Company caught it in 1958 when he sold the 1 acre with our house to Gillogly, they revised the description recognizing the 1 foot southerly shift. Gillogly sold to Zachman in 1962 using the new description.
The interesting thing to me is the fence has persisted in the old alignment to this day, it is 1 foot north of the current described boundary. The tax assessor still shows the north adjoiner at 79 feet wide.
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