Witt v. Miller

CARL R. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment in an action to quiet title to property they claim under adverse possession. The trial court ruled that plaintiffs failed to prove all the elements necessary for an adverse possession claim and declared defendants fee simple owners of the property. We reverse with specific directions.

Edward and Mary Shaughnessey (the Shaughnesseys) purchased a sixteen acre tract in St. Louis County in 1954. In 1958 they subdivided approximately twelve acres of the tract into eighteen lots known as Mary Alice Estates. The Shaughnesseys built…