Legal Opinion
Lawrence M. Gary and Margaret W. Gary v. Ernest B. Dane, III
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 12, 1969No. 21721_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a dispute over a strip of land two and one-half feet wide immediately south of appellants’ home. Record title is in appellants’ name, but the District Court held appellee obtained ownership through adverse possession. Our judgment is essentially one of af-firmance, though we remand for provision of a paragraph in the decree to provide appellants certain protection.
The houses now owned by appellants and appellee, on the east side of 29th Street, N.W., in the Georgetown area of Washington, have been separated, since at least 1938, by a brick walkway…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Holtzman v. DouglasSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Ploof v. PutnamSupreme Court of Vermont · 1908
- Missouri v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Kogod v. CogitoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Umhau v. BazzuroCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by6 opinions
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