Sea River Properties, LLC v. Parks

Plaintiff appeals a judgment in which the trial court quieted title in favor of defendant Parks, based on adverse possession, to 40 acres of undeveloped land located in the coastal town of Nedonna Beach. The trial court’s decision was premised on the intermediate conclusion that plaintiff was the record owner of the property based on the doctrine of accretion. Defendant cross-assigns error to that conclusion. Because we agree with defendant that plaintiff failed to establish that it was the record owner of the disputed property, we affirm, albeit on different grounds.

Adverse possession and…