Coons v. Lawler

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This is a boundary line dispute between adjacent landowners, and the precise question is whether appellant Coons acquired title by adverse possession to the strip in dispute.

On April 15,1953, appellant Coons purchased a tract on Lake Hamilton, lying south of and adjoining the property owned by appellee, Mary Lawler; and some time later (just when is disputed) Coons planted a row of willow trees for a distance of approximately 200 feet on appellee’s property and being 20 feet north of the line stated in Coons’ deed. This seems to have been deliberately done,…