Foust v. Metcalf

OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, P.J., M.S., and RICHARD H. DINKINS, J., joined.

Plaintiff filed this action to quiet title to a strip of land along a former railroad line. Defendant, an adjacent landowner, asserts that Plaintiff has no interest in the disputed property because the deed that purportedly conveyed the property to Plaintiff was champertous and void due to the fact Defendant was adversely possessing the property under color of title at the time of the deed. The trial court ruled in favor of Plaintiff, finding that…