Bushnell v. Martin

SHORES, Justice.

This is a boundary line dispute between coterminous landowners involving lake property located in a platted residential subdivision, Riviere Estates, in St. Clair County.

James and Sylvia Martin, owners of lot 23 in Riviere Estates, initiated this suit on August 21, 1987, against Ms. Bushnell, who owns lot 24. The Martins filed suit after Ms. Bushnell notified them that she wanted them to remove a portion of their fence, which she claimed encroached on her property. In their complaint, the Martins set out the legal descriptions of lots 23 and 24, alleged that their predecessors…