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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>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).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom J. Westbrook<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 29, 2015 12:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Long-Term Adverse Possession<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>Paul, you should find that answer somewhere in here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>Thomas J. 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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?<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>