Combs v. DuBois

OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

The main issue in this case is whether appellees DuBois presented sufficient evidence to show that they had acquired Comb’s land by adverse possession.

In 1974 Combs bought 161 acres of vacant land from the estate of Etta Hooker. This property was landlocked, being surrounded by the property owned by appellees DuBois. When DuBois refused to grant Combs an easement of ingress and egress through their property, Combs filed a complaint seeking a private way of necessity pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-1201. Appellee Brush was later brought in as a defendant since part of the…