Snowball Corp. v. Pope

BAKER, Judge.

This dispute concerns ownership of an unimproved parcel of real estate located in Brownsburg, Indiana, Plaintiff-appellant Snowball Corporation (Snowball) initiated an action to quiet title to land it claimed it owned. Defendant-appellees Leo and Beulah Locke Pope (the Popes) counterclaimed on a theory of adverse possession. From an adverse judgment in favor of the Popes, Snowball appeals and raises two issues for our review:

1. Whether the ten years in which a true owner must oust an adverse claimant is stayed if the owner is unaware of its true ownership.

2. Whether the Popes'…