Nedry v. Morgan

This is a suit for partition of real property located in Grant County. Plaintiffs claim an undivided one-half interest in the property. Defendant, record owner of the other undivided one-half interest, claims to have acquired plaintiffs’ interest by adverse possession. The trial court found for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. We review de novo. 1

Prior to 1950, the three plaintiffs 2 each owned one-sixth interest in the property. The other one-half interest was owned by C. M. and Pieter Tensen. All parties owned their interests as tenants in common.

In November of 1950, the Tensens executed a…