Riley v. Hartman

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Plaintiff and Defendants, owners of adjoining lots in the City of New Madrid, Missouri, apparently disagreed over the boundary line between their property. Subsequently, Plaintiff commenced an action against Defendants seeking a declaration that Plaintiff owns “up to the line fence,” and that “the fence be decreed to be the true line between lands” of the parties. Plaintiff based his claim on adverse possession of the property extending to the fence line.

At trial, the court heard testimony from eight witnesses and received into evidence numerous photographs, deeds, and other…