United States v. 179.9 Acres

FORD, Chief Judge.

Edd Begley, intervening petitioner herein, claims that at the time of the institution of this condemnation proceeding he was the owner of the tract of land described and identified in the record as ”2s-l” containing 36.2 acres.

Conceding that at the time in question Martha Bond, Trustee, under whom plaintiff claims, held good legal title to the tract, petitioner asserts that he had dis-seized her by his adverse possession of it for the statutory period of fifteen years. KRS § 413.010.

All authorities seem to hold that, in order for adverse possession to ripen into title, one…