Meek v. Ralston

SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

Ridgley neighbors Mark and Robin Meek and Elmer and Virginia Ralston are fighting over a narrow, “L”-shaped strip of land. The strip is on the Meeks’ side of a fence erected by the Ralstons in 1974. The strip is 2½ feet wide on the west side of the Meeks’ property and 6½ feet wide on the south side.

The battle began when the Meeks filed a petition to quiet title on the land in which they sought to establish that they owned it by adverse possession. The Ralstons counterclaimed by asking the circuit court to eject the Meeks from the land. The circuit court ruled for the…