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· 12/22/1970

LaFreniere v. Sprague

Citations

  • 271 A.2d 819
  • 108 R.I. 43
  • 1970 R.I. LEXIS 702

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that mistaken use of another’s property for statutory period sufficient for adverse possession
  • holding that mistaken use of another's property for statutory period sufficient for adverse possession
  • holding that performing a survey and giving notice to claimants of the proper boundary line did not constitute a sufficiently substantial interruption to halt the continuous use of the area, when claimants removed surveyor’s stakes and continued to use the area in a similar manner
  • holding that performing a survey and giving notice to claimants of the proper boundary line did not constitute a sufficiently substantial interruption to halt the continuous use of the area, when claimants removed surveyor’s stakes and continued to use the area in a similar manner
  • discussing under what circumstances a prescriptive period stops running

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Judges: Roberts, Paolino, Powers, Joslin, Kelleher

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