Whittemore v. Amator

OPINION

CORCORAN, Judge.

The appellants Amator dispute whether the appellees Whittemore adequately proved that they had acquired a strip of property of approximately one acre in area by adverse possession.

The Amators purchased a 40-acre parcel of property in about January, 1981, located near Springerville. The Whittemores held title to the property immediately to the north through a deed executed in July, 1973, and recorded in August, 1976. They purchased their property from members of the Coleman family who had owned the property for many years previously. The Whittemore property was enclosed…