Schaffer v. Wietzel

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 572

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in awarding Appellees title by adverse possession to a portion of land where the driveway to Appellees' residence is located. Since there is competent, credible evidence in the record establishing that the prior owners of Appellee's residence adversely used the driveway for a period of 22 years, the trial court properly tacked on that period of time for purposes of establishing the 21-year possession element of adverse possession. There is also competent, credible evidence in the record establishing that Appellees sufficiently proved all the other elements of adverse possession by clear and convincing evidence. The trial court's adverse possession ruling was therefore not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Judgment affirmed.