Wadsworth v. Thompson

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This is a boundary-line dispute between two landowners. Allen P. Wadsworth, Jr., appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of Linda W. Thompson that denied his claim to ownership of the disputed land by adverse possession.

Wadsworth owns approximately 60 acres of farmland ("the Wadsworth farm") in Autauga County. Wadsworth's father moved onto the Wadsworth farm in 1936 and purchased the 60 acres in 1939. Wadsworth has been the sole owner of the Wadsworth…