Harlow v. Miller

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s rejection of their claim to a strip of land based on adverse possession. We affirm.

Plaintiffs raise two issues on appeal. First, they argue that a key finding made by the trial court is not supported by the evidence. Second, plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in its application of the doctrine of adverse possession by attributing significance to an absence of acquiescence on the part of defendants.

At issue is a strip of land, four feet in width, joining the undisputed portions of plaintiffs’ and defendants’ respective parcels. Plaintiffs claim…