Larry Edward Flick v. Jewell Reuter

OPINION

VAIDIK, Chief Judge.

Case Summary

Jewell Reuter lived in a mobile home on a small portion of her family’s land for more than twenty years. For simplicity, we refer to that small portion of land as Reuter’s land. Reuter made a home for herself; she tended the land, gardened, and installed a septic system and water lines to access a nearby well. Unbeknownst to Reuter, her land was never deeded to her. In 2010, Larry Flick, a non-relative, purchased 2.28 acres of the family land in a foreclosure sale. When the parties learned that Flick’s 2.28 acres included nearly all of Reuter’s land,…