SILLE v. SHAFFER

No. 64290.

297 N.W.2d 379 (1980)

Henrietta SILLE, Appellant, v. Ray SHAFFER and Hazel Shaffer, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Swanson, Newton, for appellant.

Dennis F. Chalupa and Brad McCall, of Brierly, McCall, Girdner, Chalupa & Somers, Newton, for appellees.

Considered by UHLENHOPP, P. J., and HARRIS, McCORMICK, LARSON, and SCHULTZ, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

This is a boundary dispute between owners of adjoining town lots. The question is whether the plaintiff acquired title to the disputed tract either by acquiescence or by adverse possession. The trial court held not, that the title remained with defendant title holder. We think plaintiff established her claim of title by acquiescence and, hence, reverse the trial court.

Defendant, Ray Shaffer, formerly owned most of block 76 in the town of...

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