'Corner Crossing' at checkerboard Fed/Private survey corners may be a protected right - or not

[California]

In Wyoming an out of state landowner (North Carolina resident, 'pharmaceutical magnate’) can block access to 6,000 acres of public land that is accessible by 'corner crossing', that is within his checkerboard 22,000-acre hunting ranch if the courts rule in his favor.

He filed a $7.75 million trespass civil suit against four Missouri hunters claiming their corner crossing is trespassing which caused him millions of dollars in damage, by stepping from public land to public land through his airspace at a common corner without ever touching his land.

The Missouri hunters replied that the federal Unlawful Enclosures Act of 1885 that generally prohibits blocking passage to federal property, ensures their right to corner cross.

Owner then filed a subpoena against Google to name the critic who described this, claiming the critic interfered in his pharmaceutical business. Revealing the critic's identity would have allowed the landowner to sue him or her for defamation in Germany or India.

Two steps back for ranch owner in corner-crossing fight

Because of a “possible jurisdictional defect,” Denver court says Fred Eshelman can’t yet appeal a Wyoming judge’s decision that corner crossing is OK.

oilcity.news

 

[Dftodd]

Well.... we know what that idiot is out for.....

 

[Snobdds]

I know the owner of that ranch. He's a hardcore liberal that can't stand hunting and goes out of his way to prevent it.

The funny thing is, that area of Wyoming is checkered with private, BLM and national Forrest land. A person really dosen't know where boundaries are without a survey and a deep knowledge of how to interrupt that work. So they relay upon the OnHunt app and software to use GPS coordinates to know where they are at.

The irony in the trial was, the only way this rancher could make a case is with OnHunt app and that app showed the hunters did not cross is property and they crossed at the corner. It was the funniest thing to watch.

I want his ranch though, and he wants to sell it. This was just a ploy to preserve the value he thought he had being surrounded by land nobody could access. Even in the trial, he said the economic impact was around 7 million. This is how much value his ranch lost by not being exclusive access.

My lawyer has been in touch with him...

 

[riptides]

Some people are ruthless.

 

[tacticalturnip]

There is a word used to describe part of the female anatomy that is rather insulting, I'd use that words to describe this fellow.

All I can do is wish him a train to the face.

 

[dodge man]

I can picture the scenario I think. They cross a corner where they theoretically aren’t touching his ground with their feet but their shoulders arms etc are trespassing. If I’m picturing it correctly he is correct, it would be trespassing and if he fenced his ground they could only get across it by climbing his fence.

Lots of things going on here from a legal point of view, easement by necessity, adverse possession, estoppel and some other things I can’t think of. The bottom line is he is just being a pain in the behind.

 

[dodge man]

I read a lot of the above described information on enclosing federal land. It sounds like he is going to lose based on past legal precedent.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Get a rope

 

[5030]

I will say that owning hunting land in North Central Michigan, I deal with trespassers all the time, especially during hunting season. They all claim the same thing, 'we didn't know' even though the land is marked and posted. When they see I'm carrying (usually a 44 Smith), their attitudes change real quick. Open carry is legal here btw. Heck, when I'm up there, I open carry in Walmart or if we go to a beanery, I'm carrying... In fact up there, most people are.

 

[scott_vt]

I know the owner of that ranch. He's a hardcore liberal that can't stand hunting and goes out of his way to prevent it.

Good Afternoon Snobdds,
That says it all right there !!