When we eminent domain lawyers deal with claims that the government or some other entity is “stealing” someone’s property, we recognize that such claims are somewhat … metaphorical.
But here’s a situation where it appears that some poor fellow actually had his house, like, stolen. As in hijacked, ripped off, five-finger discounted.
The Daily Mail reports that one Andy Pascali, a resident of the Romanian port city of Braila, called the police to report that his house had been stolen:
At first they thought it was a joke, but when they turned up at the nearby village of Baldovinesti they found not only that there was no property where there should have been a three-bedroom building, but that a field of ready-to-harvest corn had been planted in its place.
A shocked Mr Pascali, who posted the image of the cornfield on his Facebook page, said: ‘I think this could only happen in Romania.
‘My entire house has been stolen and my neighbours have taken advantage of the opportunity to plant a field of corn instead. Absolutely incredible.’
Read the entire story here (“‘My entire house has been stolen’: Romanian arrived at his holiday home to find it had disappeared and a field of corn had been planted in its place“). And then thank your stars that you live in America.