Calhoun v. Woods

This is an appeal in a suit to quiet title to certain parcels of unimproved mountain land. The claimants seek to acquire title by adverse possession. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court correctly ruled that the claimants failed to establish their title by the requisite burden of proof.

In 1988, claimants Henry W. Calhoun and Katharine J. Calhoun, his wife, filed a bill of complaint against Theodore Kennedy Woods, Jr. and others, asserting title to three parcels of land in Albemarle County. The claimants are the owners of property adjacent to the land in issue. The…