Berglund v. Sisler

This is a quiet title action based on a claim of adverse possession. The District Court found that the possession of plaintiffs predecessor was not hostile or adverse as to the defendant Sisler and dismissed plaintiffs petition. Plaintiff has appealed.

In 1962 plaintiffs predecessor in title, Ray Schroeder, purchased approximately 16.6 acres of land in the southeast quarter of Section 32, Township 9 North, Range 16 West of the 6th P.M., Buffalo County, Nebraska. This was an irregular tract described by metes and bounds. The tract lay to the north of a loop in the Kearney canal right-of-way.…