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Permalink Reply by RAY on July 25, 2008 at 9:46

Sharon:
so if my property and my neighbor's property meet in the middle of the road, what right of ways did the city just lease?

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Permalink Reply by The_Baron on July 25, 2008 at 9:46

Town lots usully do not contain the ROW (right of way) as the property described on your deed is for the lot as shown on a plat. The ROW is outside of your lot. Right of ways that have been expropriated typically leave the minerals in the name of the property owner the land has been taken from. You will need to check your deed to see if the description of the land you bought inluded this area or not. Its possible those minerals in the ROW are still with the previous owner.

The Bayou might be even tricker. The State claims all water bottoms of navigable streams and water bodies. The definition of navigable goes back to the 1800's. I would lease it anyway, just check your land description and plat if you have one.

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Permalink Reply by RAY on July 25, 2008 at 10:23

The_Baron,
so,are you saying that residential lots donot extend to middle of streets?

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Permalink Reply by insomniacnla on July 25, 2008 at 11:36

I believe that in the corporate limits of Shreveport, that the City of Shreveport owns the rights-of-way on all city streets. When you get outside the Shreveport corporate limits, then the rules change.

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Permalink Reply by DaddyT on May 3, 2009 at 4:44

Check with your local Tax Assessor or his office to see who is paying the taxes or is it appropriated to the city as a street. Just my guess.

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Permalink Reply by kfly on July 25, 2008 at 11:57

Baron, what happens when the river (Red River) cuts thru a section? what acreage would be used to calculate percentage of ownership in a section?

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Permalink Reply by GEORGE D BROCKNER on July 29, 2008 at 10:46

RAY--You got a quarter acre lot, more or less. You have to square up a lot like yours by adding triangles, then make squares out of the triangles, total that square footage , then divide by two and add altogether to get your square footage. Roughly, you got 11,000 square feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft. About a fourth of an acre. Hope this helps. Don't take my cyphering to the bank.

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Permalink Reply by RAY on May 3, 2009 at 3:48

what decimal point vaule is 1/4 acre in a 640 acre unit ?

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Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on May 3, 2009 at 5:01

.0003906

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Permalink Reply by RAY on May 4, 2009 at 13:06

thank you both.....

.2506887/ 640 = .000391

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Permalink Reply by Mac Davis on May 16, 2009 at 17:27

What does 146' + 127' + 121' + 39' mean? Are those the lengths of the four sides of the lot, or what?

If it's the sides of the lot, there's no answer without some further information, since the area enclosed by those dimensions varies with the angles at the corners. A four sided figure can have more than one shape, given only the lengths of the sides.

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Permalink Reply by RAY on May 18, 2009 at 10:55

Mac,
yes, those are the measurement of the four sides of the lot. what other info is needed?

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