COSTELLO v. STAUBITZ

No. 3, September Term, 1983.

300 Md. 60 (1984)

475 A.2d 1185

WILLIAM COSTELLO v. ELMER V. STAUBITZ.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Codd and Downie D. Codd, Severna Park, for appellant.

Paul M. Anderton, Annapolis, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

This case concerns the appropriate inferences to be drawn from the existence of a visible line of demarcation when determining a claim of adverse possession. More particularly, the question presented is whether a fence erected by a predecessor in interest to the record owner of real property constitutes some evidence of the claimant's adverse possession.

In 1955, the respondent, Elmer V. Staubitz (claimant), acquired title to lot 232 located...

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