Sevier v. Locher

Opinion

KING, J.

In this case we hold that a transfer of title to real property after

the prescriptive period for adverse possession of the property has begun does not interrupt or terminate the running of the prescription period. Adverse possession refers to occupation or use of land adverse to legal title, not to a particular holder of legal title.

On June 21, 1988, Ronald and Nancy Sevier filed a complaint to quiet title in which they alleged that on November 4, 1986, they acquired by grant deed a parcel of real property and an easement over a strip of land running along the edge of that…