Gilardi v. Hallam

Opinion

BROUSSARD, J.

Defendants appeal from judgment quieting plaintiffs’ title to Lake of the Pines lot 1407, rejecting defendants’ prescription and adverse possession claims to a portion of the lot. The parties stipulated to the facts and submitted the case to the judge without a jury.

More than five years prior to the commencement of the action, defen-; dants’ predecessors, owners of lot 1408, improved a portion of lot 1407 by installing a sidewalk, sprinkler system, nine poplar trees, and a lawn. The sidewalk was used for access to and from a deck and dock on the lake. A survey stake…