How a Property Survey Could Have Stopped a Court Battle

A narrow strip of yard between two houses with a fence showing how a property survey can clarify the true boundary line

Most people don’t expect a small strip of grass to send them to court. Yet that’s exactly what happened in West Peoria, Illinois. Two neighbors spent seven years fighting over who owned a 100-foot by 188-foot patch of land. The whole conflict could have ended early if someone ordered a property survey before building or […]