Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District v. Holloran

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Rennard Harris as personal representative of the estate of Hazel Harris and as sole devisee under her will, appeals from an order of the trial court sustaining a motion for directed verdict on her adverse possession claim and decreeing Joseph and Susan Fenlon as owners in fee of property occupied by Harris. We reverse.

The case started as a condemnation action by Metropolitan Sewer District. By cross-claim Harris sought a decree of her fee interest in certain of the property as a result of adverse possession. Additional defendants Reed sought a similar decree as to an…