Draszt v. Naccarato

¶1 The essential question raised by this appeal is whether the trial court’s findings of fact support its conclusions of adverse possession and mutual recognition and acquiescence to a disputed strip of land. We conclude that they do and affirm the judgment conferring ownership in the disputed strip of land to the adverse possessor.

FACTS

¶2 Jay and Dena Naccarato owned the Farmer’s Market and Garden Center (Market) and underlying property on Sprague Avenue in Spokane, Washington, from 1947 until 2000. Mattie (Long) Kivett (and her late husband) owned Rocky Café (Café), the business that…