Besneatte v. Gourdin

Opinion

CROSBY, J.

Steven and Sherry Besneatte sued homeowners in an adjoining tract to quiet title to an abandoned alleyway separating their properties. The trial court denied the Besneattes’ motion for summary adjudication of issues and entered summary judgment in favor of defendants. We affirm.

I

An abandoned alley, approximately 650 feet long and 20 feet wide, separates El Toro tracts 9808 and 10009. Twenty-two residential lots run the length of the alley, eleven in each tract. The chain of title dates back to 1917. In April of that year, the Whiting Company created the alley from the margin…