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Message:: [QUOTE="rte, post: 7837828, member: 78199"]I got a good ole eminent domain story too.Guy bought a house on a corner lot.20 years in he paid it off.The city wanted to widen the street on the north side of his property where his driveway as workshop sat.The otherside of the street was a canal that was filled with 10 years previously and on an undeveloped lot that belonged to a church. They offered $5,000 for the 8 feet of his property.That 8 feet encroached into his driveway 3 feet making it difficult to pull a car in from one direction. He latterly had to drive down the block turn around and then pull into his driveway. After a lawyer and $10,000 he lost the 8 feet. The city moved his cinder block wall and the city sidewalk over 8 feet in a mater of 6 months.10 years later, YES 10 YEARS the city finally widened the road.Then  6 months later the city wanted another 8 feet on the north side for $10,000.That time he lost the access to his driveway and workshop all together and was essentially reduced to parking on the street in front of his house. He finally sold (the city diminished the value so much that he never recovered the true property value)[/QUOTE]