Triplett v. Chadwick

MOREMEN, Chief Justice.

The question to be decided in this case concerns whether Frank Triplett obtained title to a six-acre tract of land by adverse possession. The circuit court held that he did not.

Joseph Triplett owned land in Boyd County. Katherine Triplett was his wife. They had eight children'.

In the year of 1903, Joseph Triplett built a house on his land. Frank Triplett, one of the children, helped in its construction and after its completion, he occupied the house until his death in 1951. There is some evidence that indicated his father had promised to give it to him, but no deed was…