Campbell Estates, Inc. v. Bates

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Chief Judge.

Defendants Campbell Estates, Inc. and Allen H. Geyer appeal from a superior court judgment in favor of plaintiffs, Jessie E. Bates, Jessie W. Ott,. James Whitney Ott, and Kristina Ott. After trial to the court sitting without a jury, judgment was entered quieting plaintiffs’ title to a disputed strip of land, enjoining defendants from trespassing upon the plaintiffs’ land, ordering defendants to remove any mobile homes or other obstructions they had placed upon the disputed parcel, and awarding plaintiffs $2,000 actual and $5,000 punitive damages.

Defendants first…