Monday, February 21, 2011

Simple solution to Squatter's Rights

An interesting and hypothetical situation is posed on http://www.mcsdexposed.blogspot.com/ today. I commend it to your reading.

Recently, sheriff's department employee Bryan Krause bought his boss's house. Sheriff Keith Nygren sold his house in Hebron (his McHenry County residence, which is needed for him to hold the Office of Sheriff) to his subordinate and supervisor of the Sheriff's Vehicle Garage, Bryan Krause.

Now, Nygren needs a residence in McHenry County. Without it he can't hold the office of Sheriff and collect his nearly $150,000/year pay. Did Nygren make some deal to stay in the house? Supposedly, Krause would like to live in the $250,000 house. Well, it might not be a $250,000 house; that's just what he paid for it. The other houses in the neighborhood are worth about $160,-180,000.

What if Krause wants to move in (to his own house) and Nygren won't move out.

The solution is simple. While Nygren is at work, Krause changes the locks.

Bingo. The next step would be to move all Nygren's household furnishings out to the curb. Of course, being a nice guy Krause might do this on a fair-weather day.

Krause wouldn't have any reason to fear retribution or retaliation at work. After all, everyone knows that all activities are honest, fair, above-board, legal and not conducted in any way that might demean or harm any employee.

And being as how Krause is probably a really nice guy, he'd probably give his boss a day or two to get movers to come and carry everything out of the house - carefully.

By the way, where is Krause's furniture from the house he sold in Marengo in November? Surely, he isn't paying storage fees somewhere, is he?

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