He bought a couple of peices of land, started building, and then found that they'd been sold to someone else. The same Probate Clerk and Registrar signed off on both land deeds, though the judge was different.
According to neighbors, the grantor of Bishop Harris’s deed and Mr. Tarplah, knowingly sold the same land to both parties. Neighbors are saying the practice of family members knowingly selling identical land(s) to more than one person is normal....
“They are saying it without any remorse, that selling land(s) purchased by a Diaspora Liberian to another person is wealth distribution or redistribution. The problem of double land selling is a national concern and normal without any easy solution in Liberia,” he said sadly.
Interesting that because of the cultural acceptability of this they believe there is "no easy solution." In places where property rights are viewed differently it looks like an easy solution.
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