Shoemaker v. Houchen

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

The trial judge entered judgment quieting title in plaintiffs Marlene Shoemaker and Sandra Cover, to a strip of land between plaintiffs’ and defendants’ property, upon which a tree line sits. The judge also awarded damages for trees that had already been removed from this tree line by defendants. Defendants Penny Hou-chen and David Owen appeal that decision.

I

The facts favorable to the result are set out, along with a very rough sketch of the area in dispute. (See Diagram). Defendant Houchen owns a tract of land consisting of approximately twenty-one acres. Plaintiffs…