Kerce v. Bell

Almand, Justice.

Mrs. George Kerce brought her petition to enjoin Mrs. Dera G. Bell and W. H. Bell from committing acts of trespass on her property. She alleged that she acquired her property in December, 1927, and subsequently erected a fence marking the northern boundary line between her lot and the lot then owned by her grantor, Mrs. Rose L. Johnston; and that she had been in public, continuous, exclusive, uninterrupted, and peaceable possession of the property south of said fence for more than 20 years. The defendants in their answer alleged: that they were the owners of the lot of land…