CALHOUN v. STATE

No. 489, September Term, 1976.

34 Md. App. 365 (1977)

367 A.2d 40

ROY EDWIN CALHOUN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Kroop for appellant.

Deborah K. Handel, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, William A. Swisher, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Floyd Pond, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MORTON and MASON, JJ.


GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The "tacking" of a prior owner's adverse possession is permissible to show that the possession has continued for twenty years and that the possession has been open, notorious, hostile and continuous. Gore v. Hall, 206 Md. 485, 112 A.2d 675 (1955); Zehner v. Fink, 19 Md.App. 338, 311...

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