Gorte v. Department of Transportation

Defendant appeals from the judgment of the Saginaw Circuit Court granting plaintiffs title by adverse possession of certain real estate that defendant claims is owned by defendant and Melvyn Gaitley. We affirm.

This case arises out of a dispute over a 13.59-acre parcel in Saginaw County adjacent to land owned by plaintiffs. In 1984, plaintiffs purchased twenty acres from James and Jean Brisbois, mistakenly believing that the twenty acres included the acreage now in dispute. While the property appeared to include paddocks, outbuildings, a horse-training track, and a portion of a lake, most are…