Mitchell v. Daniels

HABHAB, Judge.

This appeal arises from a petition for adverse possession brought by plaintiffs, Lee and Margaret Mitchell, individually and as trustees, against defendant, Ronald Daniels. The plaintiffs claim title to ten feet of property by adverse possession. It is undisputed that legal title to the disputed ten feet is held by defendant. 1 The trial court, for the most part, held for the defendant. We affirm.

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The plaintiffs and defendant own adjacent property in Des Moines. Running along the boundary of their properties is a ten-foot strip of land which both parties claim and which is the…