Corson v. Williford

Defendants (Willifords) appeal from a judgment in what we assume was an action in ejectment. The trial court held that plaintiffs (Corsons) are owners by adverse possession or by acquiescence of a strip of land along their common boundary. The facts are complex and sharply disputed. A map is appended for illustrative purposes.

The strip in issue (ABEF) is wedge-shaped, approximately three feet deep at the east end, seven feet at the west end and 170 feet long. At all times before the dispute began, the entire parcel was covered with dense brush, poison oak and small trees. At the west end, the…