Hargis v. Verenco, Inc.

YELVERTON, Judge.

This is a boundary action. Plaintiffs, Dr. and Mrs. Gifford Hargis, filed suit seeking to have the common boundary between their property and that of the defendants judicially established. The plaintiffs prayed that a survey be ordered to fix the boundary. The defendants, who are four co-owners, answered claiming ownership of the disputed area by acquisitive prescription of 10 and 30 years. Defendants denied that the appointment of a surveyor was necessary. After a trial on the merits the trial court found that acquisitive prescription was not applicable since the defendants…