Strickland v. Markos

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in a boundary line dispute between coterminous landowners. The plaintiffs/appellees, Demetrios and Betty Markos, as husband and wife, own and operate a restaurant and lounge on Highway 231 in Wetumpka, Alabama. The defendants/appellants, Franklin Felix Strickland and others, own property adjacent to that of the Markoses. The Markoses filed suit against Strickland and the other defendants, alleging ownership of the driveway and parking lot of the restaurant by adverse possession.

After an ore tenus hearing and a personal inspection of the disputed…