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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
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75/300 acres...
0 A guy buys a place called Granger and tells his girlfriend: 02 br
00 "75 acres 01 u 00 that goes across the road 02 u 00 . That's 300 acres, Julia, and it's all ours." 02 br
00 What does he mean by the underlined? That this is covering the whole road or what? And where did he get those 300 acres from since he says 75 the first time? 0-
00 "75 acres 01 u 00 that goes across the road 02 u 00 . That's 300 acres, Julia, and it's all ours." 02 br
00 What does he mean by the underlined? That this is covering the whole road or what? And where did he get those 300 acres from since he says 75 the first time? 0-
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0 It sounds like 75 acres are roadfront, and the rest extend back from the road. 0-
- 0 It sounds like 75 acres are roadfront, and the rest extend back from the road.
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0 It sounds like 75 acres are roadfront, and the rest extend back from the road. But it's odd - unless they were divided into one-acre parcles, and 75 were roadfront, I don't know why he wouldn't talk about the linear feet that ran along the road instead. 0-
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01 cite 10 Madhulk 12 cite 10 "75 acres 11 u 10 that goes across the road 12 u 10 . That's 300 acres, Julia, and it's all ours." 12 blockquote10 This doesn't make any sense to me. Are you sure you're quoting the source correctly? 0-
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0 It would seem to me that he has bought a farm of 300 acres total, which has a road running through it. 225 acres are on one side of the road, the other 75 being across the road, so the farm's acreage goes across the road. 0-
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0 Perhaps it's 75 acres frontage (on the road) x 4 acres deep = 300 acres. 0-
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0 Unlikely, as an acre is not a linear measurement but one of land area. 0-
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