Smith v. Gaston

BRYAN, Judge.

Robbie Gaston sued Daniel Richard Smith to establish that he owned a disputed tract of land by adverse possession and to establish the location of the boundary line between his property and Smith’s property. Smith filed an answer and a counterclaim to quiet title to the disputed land. Smith demanded a jury trial, and the trial court denied the jury demand.

Gaston owns record title to the north half of the southwest quarter of Section 23, Township 6 South, Range 10 West, in Franklin County. Gaston’s property is bordered on the north by the quarter-section line (“the quarter-section…