Scott v. Hansen

CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiffs sued to quiet title to about five acres of land in the Butlerville area in southeastern Salt Lake County. The district court gave judgment for the defendants, adjoining landowners, and plaintiffs appeal.

The issues are these: (1) Whether the boundary between the plaintiffs’ and the defendants’ lands is along a county road, referred to in their respective deeds, as the road actually exists, or along a line south of it as the county road is shown on the county recorder’s plats; and (2) whether the defendants have nevertheless by adverse possession under color of…