Piel v. Dewitt

Case Summary

Buchanan, P.J.

— Defendants-appellants William Piel and Donald Piel appeal from a trial court judgment declaring the plaintiffs-appellees DeWitt, Niemann, et al. owners of a one-half undivided interest in eighty acres of real estate and from the trial court’s order in partition for the sale of this real estate, asserting that (1) defendants-appellants (Piel) hold title to the entire eighty acres by adverse possession, (2) the action of plaintiffs-appellees (DeWitt, Niemann, et al.) is barred by laches and the statute of limitations governing partition actions, and (3) the trial…