GARY v. DANE

No. 21721.

411 F.2d 711 (1969)

Lawrence M. GARY and Margaret W. Gary, Appellants, v. Ernest B. DANE, III, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Greer, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Gerald P. Johnston, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. William V. Kane, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WRIGHT and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a dispute over a strip of land two and one-half feet wide immediately south of appellants' home. Record title is in appellants' name, but the District Court held appellee obtained ownership through adverse possession. Our judgment is essentially one of affirmance, though we remand for provision of a paragraph in the decree to provide appellants certain protection.

The houses now owned by appellants and appellee...

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