[WSBARP] Long-Term Adverse Possession

[Paul Neumiller]

Tom, thanks for the materials but they do not address the issue of a shift
in burden of proof.  Then again, maybe by NOT addressing the issue, there is
no such doctrine that applies to adverse possession (or, my "vague
recollection" may be too vague).

 

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Paul, you should find that answer somewhere in here.

 

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[mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of Paul Neumiller
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Subject: [WSBARP] Long-Term Adverse Possession

 

The standard/usual burden of proof falls on the party who is claiming real
property through adverse possession.  It is my vague recollection that there
is a doctrine that says that if the use of the real property is long-term,
the burden falls on the party resisting the adverse possession to prove that
there is no adverse possession.  That is, long-term adverse possession
shifts the burden of proof from the "claiming" party to the "resisting"
party.  I can't find that doctrine now.  Anyone able to point me in the
right direction?

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