Legal Opinion

Berg v. Fairman

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided October 3, 1984No. 14681PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from summary judgment in favor of respondents Berg in their action to quiet title to a strip of land claimed by Fairman under the doctrines of adverse possession and agreed boundary. We affirm.

The following facts are undisputed. As originally platted, all the lots in the Ketchum, Idaho subdivision in question here measured 55 feet by 100 feet. Alonzo and Carrie Price, husband and wife, owned Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Block 22 in Ketchum. In 1929, Mr. Price built a fence which parallels the actual boundary line between Lots 3 and 4, but which was constructed 15…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jacobsen v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Smith v. SmithIdaho Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Bandelin v. PietschIdaho Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Stewart v. Hood CorporationIdaho Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Pleasants v. HenryIdaho Supreme Court · 1923

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3Cited by25 opinions

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  3. Carney v. HeinsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Gro-Mor, Inc. v. ButtsIdaho Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. Lindgren v. MartinIdaho Supreme Court · 1997

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