Kerlin v. Tensaw Land & Timber Co., Inc.

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Robert Kerlin appeals from a judgment finding that the plaintiff, Tensaw Land Timber Company, had acquired title to land situated in Mobile County by adverse possession. We reverse.

The five-acre tract of land in question is described as Lot 8, Block 1, of the Calvert Demonstration Plantation. Robert Kerlin, a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the record title holder of the land. Kerlin took title by deed from his mother, who had inherited the land from her…