Burns v. Foster

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “[a] mere permissive possession or one consistent with the title of another can never ripen into a title by adverse possession.”.
• “It is elementary that the burden of proving adverse possession rests upon the party who alleges it . . . .”
• “It is elementary that the burden of proving adverse possession rests upon the party who alleges it.. . .”
• “To make good a claim of title by adverse possession, . . . the possession must be so open, visible, and notorious as to raise the presumption of notice to the world that the right of the true owner is invaled intentionally.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).