Condominium
“Lee Messenger and Gus Garver had talked it all out with Sam Harrison, had studied the maps and photographs, had checked his assumptions and had decided he was right.
“Unless,” as Gus had said, “another area near here becomes more vulnerable and takes the heat off us.”
“Becomes narrower and lower?” Messenger said. “Little chance of that. Do either of you men know the law on such matters? Could the Association here send a registered letter to the developers, saying that the land clearing has crea...ted a clear and obvious danger to the Golden Sands property?”
“That’s what you do when your neighbor has a broken seawall and won’t get it fixed. There has to be some action he can take in response, to correct the situation,” Sam explained. “Even if he covered those fourteen acres with two feet of concrete, I don’t think there would be the same resistance to erosion and guttering as when all those living roots were holding onto the soil. And I do not think you could claim that a hurricane is inevitable, not in any legal sense.”MoreLess
“Unless,” as Gus had said, “another area near here becomes more vulnerable and takes the heat off us.”
“Becomes narrower and lower?” Messenger said. “Little chance of that. Do either of you men know the law on such matters? Could the Association here send a registered letter to the developers, saying that the land clearing has crea...ted a clear and obvious danger to the Golden Sands property?”
“That’s what you do when your neighbor has a broken seawall and won’t get it fixed. There has to be some action he can take in response, to correct the situation,” Sam explained. “Even if he covered those fourteen acres with two feet of concrete, I don’t think there would be the same resistance to erosion and guttering as when all those living roots were holding onto the soil. And I do not think you could claim that a hurricane is inevitable, not in any legal sense.”MoreLess
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