Steller v. David

STIFTEL, President Judge.

This is an ejectment action. It concerns marshland in Blackbird Hundred to which plaintiffs claim they received title by deed from Eleanor Brynberg Johnson on August 5, 1946. Defendants argue that the 1946 conveyance to the Stellers was a nullity because they claim their father, James Harry David, had acquired this land considerably before this time under the doctrine of adverse possession. This marsh tract, known as Tract No. 2, borders the Delaware River. Plaintiffs insist that it consists of 163 acres, more or less, and defendants claim it is 111 acres. The…