McQueen v. Black

Defendant appeals from the judgment of the circuit court which quieted title to a certain portion of land on the basis that plaintiff had obtained title to the disputed property by adverse possession. We reverse.

The parties are adjacent landowners with a common boundary line at the rear of their properties. A fence separated the two properties for a number of years, with the parties and their predecessors in title apparently believing the fence to represent the property line. When defendant decided to sell his property, he had his lot surveyed. The survey revealed that the fence was actually…