DeVita v. Esposito

This is an action to quiet title to a three and one-half acre parcel of land, which is surrounded in part by land owned by the plaintiff and in part by land owned by the defendant’s decedents. The defendant is the administrator of the estates of his deceased parents. The plaintiff’s revised complaint alleged that he had record title.1 The trial court found that the plaintiff had not proven ownership of the property by record title and, accordingly, rendered judgment for the defendant on the plaintiff’s complaint. The defendant’s two count counterclaim alleged record title and title by adverse…