You woke my cat!

Some years ago, my parents decided to build a fence around our yard so the dog wouldn't get out. It would run in a straight line from the corner of our deck to the end of an existing fence.

The house next door is one of those rotating duplexes, which has always had various people moving in and out. The landlords were some family friends--the person who did my mother's hair, and one of my teachers at school.

So, imagine our surprise when the teacher guy shows up at our door, accusing us of trying to steal his land. He thought that the fence was a foot over the property line, and wanted it moved back. My dad said that if that was a concern, the guy should have said something when the deck was built, since it and the new fence were flush. Undaunted, the guy insisted that it was land theft and rushed off, promising to sue.

And sue he did. They hired a surveyor, hired a lawyer, and determined that the fence was half a foot over the line. My father reponded by offering to buy that half-foot from the neighbors, but they refused; they wanted the fence AND the deck to be torn down and moved.

The last time my parents tried to talk to them, the wife wound up screaming like a banshee and storming out the door.As a result of all this, the friendship was completely destroyed, and the city didn't even think enough of the matter to do anything, and the court case petered out. The crazy lady to this day blames my parents for overstressing her blockhead of a husband, leading to his early death from a heart attack.

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