Zurbuchen v. Teachout

This case concerns a boundary line dispute involving a ten-foot strip of land lying between Florence Zurbuchen’s (Zurbuchen) and James Teach-out’s (Teachout) properties. Both the Zurbuchen chain of title and the Teachout chain of title commence with a deed from a common owner, John McCune, as shown below.

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The trial court dismissed Zurbuchen’s action to quiet title and awarded judgment to Teachout on his counterclaim for adverse possession under the ten- and twenty-year adverse possession statutes, secs. 893.26 and 893.25, Stats., respectively. Because Teach-out conceded at oral…