My question is about Texas. I am looking to buy so land at a tax foreclosure. No one has paid taxes on 10 acres of land for 20 years and it is going for auction soon. However the neighbor has had a fence down the middle of the property for at least 25 years (and maybe longer). This was not detected by the courts and the neighbor was NOT included in the foreclosure action.
Question 1:
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My question is does the neighbor's fence make their claim for adverse possession or does the tax foreclosure invalid any claim they may have?
I have contacted the neighbor to try to find out what they planned to do and they were shocked to find out they did not own the land. The previous owner was an idiot how never looked at what he bought and never asserted any rights.
Question 2:
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The land also supposedly includes three streets, but these streets have never been officially abandoned by the city and as I understand it you can't get land from the city in Texas through adverse possession.....so I assume that the streets are not really part of the land, but may be used...i.e... I can fence them in but not build on the streets....is this correct?

