Jackson v. Pennington

— Plaintiffs Jackson appeal a judgment dismissing their complaint based on a claim of adverse possession to a parcel of land located in a platted area in Seattle, Washington, known as Magnolia Heights, and quieting title in defendants Pennington to that disputed parcel.

The controlling question presented is whether there is sufficient evidence of hostile possession against the City of Seattle to support three challenged findings of fact and four challenged conclusions of law generally supporting the position that the required hostile possession is missing to make out a case of adverse…