White v. Chandler

Plaintiffs brought this quiet title action; defendant counterclaimed, asserting title to the real property by adverse possession. Defendant appeals from the decree quieting title in plaintiffs. We review de novo and affirm.

Plaintiffs, brother and sister, are record owners of approximately ten acres of real property located in Lake County. The parcel has been owned by them or their family since the early part of the century, and plaintiffs have receipts for property tax payments for the last 50 years. Plaintiffs inherited the parcel from their father, who died in 1972. They reside in…