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Features • August 8, 2005
Massachusetts Court Favors Homeowners in Trespass by Golf Balls
To drive home her point, Joyce Amaral lugged six plastic buckets containing a total of 1,800 golf balls into court. The balls were ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
|---|---|---|
| RE: RE: Trespass by Golf Balls | Alan Huntress | Jul 27, 2007, 6:00 pm |
| RE: Trespass by Golf Balls | John Peterson | Jul 23, 2007, 9:25 pm |
| Satellite View of Middlebrook 9th hole | Alan Huntress | Jul 5, 2007, 5:30 pm |
| RE: Personal experience | SSIJoe | Jul 5, 2007, 11:31 am |
| Personal experience | Chris Hewitt | Jul 3, 2007, 4:18 pm |
| RE: This is a disgrace | k. whiteside | Jul 2, 2007, 10:37 pm |
| Trespass by Golf Balls... | Jun 26, 2007, 8:07 am |
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| RE: Trespass by Golf Balls | Alan Huntress | May 24, 2007, 5:50 pm |
| Tresspass by Golf Balls | Paul Mancini | Jan 23, 2007, 11:03 am |
| Amaral is the terrorist | Geoff Rundlett | Aug 21, 2006, 1:57 pm |
| This is a disgrace | Matthew Kelly | Apr 18, 2006, 4:05 pm |
| Trespass by Golf Balls | Harshad Patel | Jan 2, 2006, 4:31 pm |
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Subject: RE: Trespass by Golf Balls
I am astounded that the ninth hole issue at Middlebrook is still going on. My wife and I played there today.
I may lack a few brain cells but I at least know that if I were to purchase a home lot at the edge of a golf course fairway and not expect a few balls to land in my yard now and then I might be committed to an institution!
What's wrong with these people?
Why aren't they working with the owners of Middlebrook to resolve the issue instead of letting the courts do it?
There are many solutions... Planting more trees along the right side of the fairway, erecting a temporary netting to prevent errant golf balls from reaching the neighbor's yard. This is not rocket science.
I feel bad for the owners of Middlebrook, whom I have never met. They go out of their way to present a well kept, and even possibly a beautiful golf setting. Today I viewed with awe the plantings at the forward tees on the fifth hole. Absolutely beautiful! On a par with the best in the Pinehurst area.
So what is the answer?
It seems to me that the lawyers are in control and therefore logic may not be in play here. Cases like this are wrongfully settled every day and I hope this becomes the exception. The golf course should prevail. The complaints appear to be nonsense.
Alan Huntress
Cameron, NC
alan_marilyn@alltel.net