Keller v. Morfeld

Thomas and Letha Morfeld appeal from a summary judgment quieting title to a portion of their property in their neighbors, Raymond and Mary Keller. The Kellers maintained that, through the actions of their predecessor in title, Kenneth Thorson, they had acquired title to the land by adverse possession, and the trial court agreed.

The lots now owned by the Kellers and Morfelds were once part of a larger, single parcel owned by Kenneth Thorson. When Thorson purchased the property in the early 1950s, a tavern was located on the southern portion of the property and the rest was vacant. A few years…