Meier v. Rieger

In this action to quiet title to real property, the parties dispute ownership of a sliver of land on the border between their two parcels. Plaintiff contends that she and her predecessors enclosed the disputed land with a fence and treated it as their own for a sufficient period of time to have acquired it by adverse possession. Defendants contend that they were aware of the fence and gave permission — albeit not explicitly — to plaintiff and her predecessors to use the land and that, as a result, plaintiff cannot claim acquisition by adverse possession. In the alternative, defendants contend…