Blake v. Shriver

Citations

• 27 Wash. 593
• 68 P. 330
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 428

Syllabus

<p>ADVERSE POSSESSION-DISSEIZIN-SQUATTERS.</p> <p>One who squats upon land which is in litigation between other parties, erects a shanty thereon, intending it for temporary use as a residence, but continues his residence there for more than ten years, does not thereby acquire such a title by adverse possession as to bar an action for its recovery by the true owner, since Bal. Code, § 4797, which provides that “no action shall be maintained for such recovery unless it appear that the plaintiff, his ancestor, predecessor, or grantor was seized or possessed of the premises within ten years before the commencement of the action,” contemplates that the adverse possession must be under some claim of right or title, or maintained after disseizin of the original owner has been effected by hostile entry.</p>