Taggart v. Tiska

This is a real estate case. Owners of adjoining parcels each claim ownership of a strip of land near the border of the two parcels. The circuit court granted summary disposition for the defendants on the ground the plaintiffs’ suit was tardily filed because MCL 600.5868 provides a one-year limitation period. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We reverse the judgments of the circuit court and the Court of Appeals because those courts misinterpreted MCL 600.5868. We remand this case to the circuit court for further proceedings.

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This is a dispute between adjacent owners of rural property in St.…