Doty v. Chalk

VAN CISE, Judge.

Defendants, Winford E. Chalk and Virginia A. Chalk, appealed the trial court’s entry of judgment in favor of plaintiff, Eugene V. Doty. We affirm.

This action involves a dispute between plaintiff and defendants over the ownership of a one-acre tract of land situated adjacent to the north side of the Fort Morgan canal in Morgan County.

In 1947, Sarah G. Thomas acquired property north of the property now owned by defendants. Her deed included property north of the Fort Morgan canal, but did not include the disputed triangular segment of land directly abutting the north side of the…