Erickson v. Murlin

Citations

• 39 Wash. 43
• 80 P. 853
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 812

Syllabus

<p>Boundaries—Adverse Possession—Determining Disputed Boundary Line. A boundary line between two city lots may be determined by adverse possession for tbe statutory period, where tbe party purchased tbe lot inclosed by a fence including tbe twenty-one inches in dispute, immediately built a house thereon so close to the line that the drip from the eaves fell upon the strip of land in question, and resided thereon maintaining the fence in the same place and improving the disputed strip in the same manner as the balance of the lot, openly, continuously, and under a claim of right.</p>