Hutchins v. Strickland

LAWRENCE, Judge.

Donald Strickland and Nova Jane Strickland (the Stricklands) sued Calvin T. Hutch-ins and Evangeline B. Hutchins (the Hutch-inses) for trespass on their Okaloosa County property after Mr. Hutchins, at some unspecified time in 1993, removed a fence, alleged by the Stricklands to constitute a common boundary between their properties. The trial court found that a boundary by acquiescence existed between the parties’ properties. We reverse.

At trial, the principal issue to be determined was the location of the common boundary line between lands owned by the Stricklands and lands…