Lechner v. Adelman’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Before title by adverse possession can be obtained, the disseizor must show, by clear and convincing evidence, an actual, open, hostile, continuous, and exclusive possession for the statutory 16-year period. See Engquist v. Wirtjes, 243 Minn. 502, 504 , 68 N.W.2d 412, 415 (1955); Minn.Stat. § 541.02 (1984). The evidence must be strictly construed, “without resort to any inference or presumption in favor of the disseizor, but with the indulgence of every presumption against him.” Village of Newport v. Taylor, 225 Minn. 299, 303 , 30 N.W.2d 588, 591 (1948).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. LeeJoice v. Harris

2. “‘Permission’ denotes the owner's grant of permission in fact, rather than mere acquiescence or failure to assert paramount rights.” (citation omitted)), review denied (Minn. Aug. 29, 1985). 4 . Respondents allege that if it is unclear why a fence was constructed or whether the fence was intended as a boundary,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ebenhoh v. Hodgman