Ford Consumer Finance Co. v. Carlson & Breese, Inc.

OPINION

DANIEL F. FOLEY, Judge *

Appellant Joan Johnson challenges the district court’s conclusion that a 1993 quiet title action extinguished the basis for her adverse possession claim even though her immediate predecessor-in-interest was not bound by that action. We affirm.

FACTS

This case involves a disputed triangle of lakefront property that Joan Johnson claims she acquired title to by adverse possession. In the district court’s record, the chain of title for the property begins in 1974, when Sally and James Norgren conveyed it to Anthony and Francis De-nardo by warranty deed. In 1989, Miles…