Q: On or about April 5, 2018, I will be forced to sell my commercial property valued at $74,600 to a city near New Phila Oh
for the paltry sum of $5,000. Otherwise I will be fined the amount of $24,000. This is all being done in order that they might have my property, which sits on a very large commercial lot, for the benefit of the business next door, which has erected a new building on a small lot and needs land for parking facilities. Be it noted that the owners of the adjacent property are friends and associates of the city officials. I do not know to whom to turn. The legal system can collapse on an innocent citizen if he doesn’t know how to find someone to exercise it properly on his behalf.
A: If the city is initiating a taking of your property by eminent domain, then there is a legal process the city must follow to do that, and the property owner can go to court to object. Use the Find a Lawyer tab to retain a local attorney to represent you in that process. Also, you should not post personal information on the internet.
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