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Originally Posted by RACER X
Hoffmeyer said any neighbor who permits use of their land for 21 years can lose the land to the person using it.
Hoffmeyer said the law arose when Pennsylvania was being settled by William Penn.
"It started when land was going to waste," Hoffmeyer said. "The law was created so that if someone else could use the land, they got it."
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"If the landowner could take action to eliminate any of those words," he said. "For instance, to eliminate hostile, the landowner can take specific legal action against the user. They can tell them they are no longer permitted to use the land, and if they continue to do so, a trespass action will be filed against them. Or a court injunction could be filed, that forbids the people on the land."
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I read that first part incorrectly. But by not even going to see what was going on with their land (for 21 years) they were essentially
permitting someone to use their land.
I don't agree with it.
