Chapter 4: The Aftermath

After all the mess with police, EMTs and a County Judge, Gloria was charged with a misdemeanor discharge of a firearm within the city/county limits. It seemed that part of our land since a survey back in 1909 that we have property in both the city limits and the county. After much arguing with the local appraising districts that when we bought the land it said that the property was only in the county. But the city moved the city limits out supposedly past our place ten years ago but we were never informed so we just paid county taxes. With all the people involved in this fiasco the tax roles were brought up and now we had to try to pay city taxes for the past ten years but get money back from the county for the part of the property now within the city limits. This was a mess so the county judge got with the city appraising district and the county appraising district and between the three parties they argued it out so that we were grandfathered into the county due to the present survey that proved we were not within the city limits by 6 inches. The city argued that they provided police and fire protection to our area and therefore should be considered within the city, but the county said we had a well and septic system and was provided power by the county power company which overrode the city’s claim.