Grappo v. Blanks

In this appeal from a judgment in an ejectment action, we determine whether the trial court erred in ruling that (1) the plaintiffs, as a matter of law, are the record owners of the subject land, and (2) the defendant’s evidence is insufficient, as a matter of law, to prove that the plaintiffs were divested of title to the land by adverse possession.

J. Irvin Blanks, Helen R. Blanks, and J.I. Blanks, Jr. (collectively, Blanks) instituted an ejectment action against Michael A. Grappo to recover possession of a 3.68-acre tract of land located in the Town of Luray, County of Page. Grappo defended…