Adverse possession claims more widespread than initially thought
Credit: WFAA
Tarrant County authorities posted no trespassing signs on a Mansfield home to keep out a squatter who moved in back in August when the home was vacant. The man filed an affidavit claiming to be the new owner to be the new owner under an old Texas law allowing adverse possession.
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