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Weston County staff identify conflicting deeds, locate 250-foot easement for Old Highway 85 ahead of bridge work
Summary
County staff told the Weston County Commission they found a 1950 recorded easement and a later deed that do not match, leaving a small final segment of Old Highway 85 mapped to a private owner. Staff and the landowner discussed a survey and a short-term fix to remove the parcel from the tax roll without delaying the bridge project.
County staff reported to the Weston County Commission that records for a short segment of Old Highway 85 are inconsistent and that recent mapping shows a 250-foot-wide easement from the new Highway 85 to the nearby railroad bridge.
The commission heard that a deed in Book 14, page 318, appears to convey a line of ownership from the state of Wyoming to Weston County but lacks a parcel description and width. Separately, miscellaneous Book 14, page 319 contains an easement recorded in 1950 from Leo Urban to the state that includes a width. Because the deed does not contain an acreage or width, county mapping shows the land remaining in private ownership for the final roughly 355-foot segment to the railroad, and the assessor continues to tax…
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