Evans v. Wittorff

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

On May 16, 1991, B.J. and Eunice Evans (Plaintiffs) brought this action against Defendant Laura Wittorff seeking to quiet title to a 43-acre strip of land in Douglas County, Missouri. The strip lies along the north-south line between two adjoining farms. Plaintiffs own the farm east of the line, and Wittorff owns the one to the west. The crux of the disagreement between the parties is this: if an ancient north-south fence that separates the two farms is considered the legal boundary, then the 48-acre strip belongs to Plaintiffs (i.e., the strip is east of the fence). On the…