Black v. Simpson

CROW, Presiding Judge.

This lawsuit between adjoining landowners began when Appellant, claiming record ownership of a strip of land occupied by Respondents, sued them in ejectment and for other relief.

Respondents counterclaimed to quiet title in themselves by adverse possession to a rectangular strip with an east/west dimension of 73.3 feet and a north/south dimension of 20 feet. That parcel is henceforth referred to as “The Disputed Strip.”

The trial court, hearing the case without a jury, entered judgment which, inter alia, awarded Respondents ownership of part of The Disputed Strip. The part…