Peggy Mathes v. 99 Hermitage, LLC

07/31/2024 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE June 1, 2023 Session PEGGY MATHES ET AL. v. 99 HERMITAGE, LLC Appeal by Permission from the Court of Appeals Chancery Court for Davidson County No. 17-52-IV Russell T. Perkins, Chancellor ___________________________________ No. M2021-00883-SC-R11-CV ___________________________________ This appeal raises a thorny question about adverse possession. Under that doctrine, a party may gain legal title or a defensive possessory right to real property by maintaining exclusive, actual, adverse, continuous, open, and notorious possession of the…