James B. House Living Trust Ex Rel. House v. Thompson

This is a dispute over the ownership of a parcel of timber property located in Columbia County. Plaintiffs contend that they acquired the property by deed. Defendants contest plaintiffs’ reading of their deed and contend that it was defendants who actually acquired the property by deed from a common grantor. In the alternative, defendants contend that they acquired the property, if not by deed, then by adverse possession based on their logging of the property in 1967 and 1968. The trial court held that, although plaintiffs acquired deeded title to the property, defendants acquired the…