Evanich v. Bridge

{¶ 1} The parties to this appeal, appellants Steven and Margaret Bridge and appellees William and Roselyn Evanich, live in a residential subdivision and own adjacent lots. This case involves a dispute over ownership of a small strip of land between their properties of which both parties claim legal possession.

{¶ 2} William Evanich and his wife purchased their property as an unimproved sublot in 1965. A house was built on the property, and landscaping began in 1967. To confine the landscaping to his own property, Evanich self-surveyed the land by running a length of string from a steel survey…