Yourik v. Mallonee

ADKINS, Judge.

In this adverse possession dispute, mother and son are battling over the home where mother now lives — a residence that she has either occupied or rented to others for more than 40 years. After a bench trial, the Circuit Court for Baltimore County held that appellee Thelma Mallonee had established all the elements of adverse possession, including the requirement that the possession be “hostile,” even though she has always acknowledged that her son, appellant Andrew L. Yourik, has held a recorded deed to the property since 1964. Yourik appeals, raising a single issue for our…