Miller v. Anderson

— This case involves a dispute over the boundary between two adjacent parcels of property bordering Lake Washington, and requires us to examine the doctrine of adverse possession in the context of permissive use and successors in title.

Summary

Merle and Doris Shaw (the Shaws), owners of the north lot, and Ernest Tuttle, owner of the south lot, recognized that the fence between their lots diverged from the platted line such that Mr. Tuttle was using the Shaws’ property. In 1968, they entered into and recorded a formal agreement, accepting the platted line as the true boundary. The Shaws did not…