White v. Farabee

McCullough, Judge.

Petitioners appeal from an order entered by the trial court in favor of respondents, finding that each of the four respondents had acquired title to portions of a certain piece of real property by adverse possession under color of title. After careful review, we reverse.

I. Background

On 22 June 1961, Ceola Elizabeth Smith (“Ceola”) died intestate seized of a 70-acre parcel of real property located in Guilford County, North Carolina (“the Ceola Smith Property”). The Ceola Smith Property is undeveloped, having only a single driveway and no habitable buildings. In the years…