Baraban v. Hammonds

Leben, J.:

This case arises out of the sale of real estate in Johnson County—parcels of land originally owned by Glenn and Van-ilda Hammonds through some family trusts. The Hammondses had a house that sat mostly on one lot but overlapped a few feet over the lot line of another parcel, Lot 52. The Hammondses sold Lot 52 to Benjamin and Linda Piccirillo, who built a house on Lot 52. The Piccirillos then sold Lot 52 to Manual and Lois Baraban.

Disputes arose once tire Barabans discovered that the Ham-mondses’ house at the border of Lot 52 actually sat partially on that lot; the Barabans demanded…