Merlyn O'Keefe v. Myrth York

Syllabus

This appeal arose from a property dispute concerning a private road located in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The plaintiffs challenged the denial of their request for injunctive relief and their claims for adverse possession, and argued that the trial justice erred in her application of an injunctive analysis to their trespass claims because they were effectively ousted by the defendants' obstructions and thus, the plaintiffs argued they sufficiently proved their adverse possession claims. The Court affirmed the trial justice's decision because the plaintiffs did not present credible evidence of trespass or obstructions in the private road, and accordingly, the trial justice did not misapply the law, misconstrue evidence, or clearly err. The Court further held that the trial justice did not err in denying the plaintiffs' claims for adverse possession.