Otto v. Cornell

Richard and Dorothy Cornell appeal a judgment awarding Adolph Otto title by adverse possession to a parcel of land within the legal description of their deed. The Cornells also appeal Otto’s award of punitive and actual damages for four trees Richard destroyed. They contend that: (1) Otto failed to establish adverse possession, (2) the judgment inadequately described the property awarded, (3) the trial court applied the wrong rule in awarding actual damages and awarded excessive punitive damages, (4) the award of actual damages should reflect credit to Cornell for the half of each tree that…