Lewis v. Moorhead

CALDWELL, Circuit Judge.

Dean and Dorothy Lewis appeal from the judgment of the trial court which awarded property, to which the Lewises had legal title, to Gerald and Mary Ann Moorhead under a theory of adverse possession. We affirm.

This dispute arises over the ownership of a triangular wedge of property dividing lots owned by Dean and Dorothy Lewis (Lewises) and Gerald and Mary Ann Moorhead (Moor-heads) in Winner, South Dakota. In 1971, Cecil Dreyer (Dreyer) was the sole owner of all of the property in question. In October of that year, Dreyer entered into an oral agreement with the…