Riverwood Commercial Properties, Inc. v. Cole

The defendants appeal the order of the Superior Court (Mohl, J.) granting the petition of the plaintiff, Riverwood Commercial Properties, Inc. (Riverwood), to quiet title to a sixty-acre parcel of land in Pembroke. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.

The dispute concerns a parcel of land known as the First Marston Lot (Marston Lot). On December 31,1986, Riverwood petitioned the trial court for a declaration quieting title to the entire sixty-acre parcel of land in its name. Riverwood based its claim of full title to the Marston Lot on two theories. First, Riverwood asserted…