LEWIS v. MOORHEAD

No. 18507.

522 N.W.2d 1 (1994)

Dean LEWIS and Dorothy Lewis, d/b/a LEWIS, INC., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Gerald MOORHEAD and Mary Ann Moorhead, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 14, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Jensen of Jensen and Massa, Winner, for plaintiffs and appellants.

J.M. Grossenburg of Grossenburg Law Office, Winner, for defendants and appellees.


CALDWELL, Circuit Judge.

Dean and Dorothy Lewis appeal from the judgment of the trial court which awarded property, to which the Lewises had legal title, to Gerald and Mary Ann Moorhead under a theory of adverse possession. We affirm.

This dispute arises over the ownership of a triangular wedge of property dividing lots owned by Dean and Dorothy Lewis (Lewises) and Gerald and Mary Ann Moorhead (Moorheads) in Winner, South Dakota. In 1971, Cecil Dreyer (Dreyer...

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