Jones v. Global Annex, L.L.C.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 2083

Syllabus

The trial court's decision denying appellant's adverse possession claim was not against the manifest weight of the evidence where testimony and evidence demonstrated appellant failed to adversely possess the disputed property for 21 years. Although appellant was, at one point in time, a tenant of the prior owner of the disputed property – and privity permits the tacking of possession between landlords and tenants – appellant's landlord did not adversely possess the property after selling it in 1989 and the landlord did not hold itself out as the owner of the disputed property after this time. Furthermore, the trial court's decision denying the title owner's claim for damages related to the loss of rental income for the disputed 2-acre property was not against the manifest weight of the evidence where testimony presented at trial demonstrated the 2-acres consisted of wetter ground that was less fertile, was overgrown, contained trees, and was riddled with items of personal property that prevented it from being farmed in 2017 and 2018.