Horne v. Ward

KENNEDY, Justice.

In 1954, W.F. and Gladys Ward purchased an undivided three-fourths interest in property (the “Pearce lot”) in Dale County, Alabama, from J.D. Pearce and Louie *878Ray Pearce. In 1978, C.E. Horne acquired a parcel of property adjacent to the west and south boundaries of the Pearce lot. The remaining undivided one-fourth interest in the “Pearce lot” was owned by Wallace Pearce McChesney. In June 1983, McChesney conveyed by quitclaim deed his interest in the Pearce lot to C.E. Horne.

Shortly after Horne purchased the property adjacent to the Pearce lot, the Wards filed a complaint…