Tom Bonnell v. Ruby A. Cotner, Douglas Wayne Cotner, Arthur J. Johnson, Jimmy J. Johnson, and Jerry L. Johnson

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 66A03-1410-PL-372.

MASSA, Justice.

Tom Bonnell purchased a 35-foot-wide strip of land from the Pulaski County Board of Commissioners, and Ruby and Douglas Cotner brought this action to quiet title, claiming that they had previously acquired ownership of a section of that land via adverse possession. The trial court disagreed, finding that the prior sale of the Strip by tax deed extinguished any interest the Cotners may have had. Nevertheless, the trial court awarded the Cot-ners a prescriptive easement on certain outbuildings…