An Oklahoma homeowner who bought five acres from his grandfather in 1994 says he believed the entire property belonged to him. More than three decades later, Oklahoma County claimed a 40-foot strip running beside his house was county property, setting off a dispute over old land records, a decades-old road project and what exactly his deed covered.
The dispute became more complicated when the county moved to sell the strip. A public notice published for the proposed sale said three court-appointed individuals had appraised the property at $47,000, and that it could not be sold for less than 80% of that value, or $37,600. The planned sale was later cancelled after the property dispute was raised before county commissioners.
