CARPENTER v. RUPERTO

No. 65679.

315 N.W.2d 782 (1982)

Virginia CARPENTER, Appellant, v. Charles L. RUPERTO and Edith C. Ruperto, Husband and Wife, and Tom McCormick, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Bowers, Jr. and Keith E. Uhl of Scalise, Scism, Gentry, Brick & Brick, Des Moines, for appellant.

John D. Hudson and Timothy R. Williams of Carney, Hudson, Williams & Green, Des Moines, for appellees.

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


McCORMICK, Justice.

Plaintiff Virginia Carpenter appeals from an adverse decree in her action to quiet title to land adjacent to her residential premises based on a theory of adverse possession. Defendants Charles L. Ruperto, Edith C. Ruperto, and Tom McCormick cross-appeal from a portion of the decree awarding plaintiff limited relief on equitable grounds. We affirm on the merits of the appeal and dismiss the cross-appeal for want of jurisdiction.

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