Boundary and Land Use Legal Toolkit: Adverse Possession, Quiet Title Actions and More
By: Mark S. Shipman, Esq. Adverse Possession vs. Prescriptive Easement vs. Acquisition. Acquiescence and Adverse Possession are really the opposites of each other. A boundary acquiesced in for fifteen years cannot be restored. Perry v. Pratt, 1863 WL 783, at *1. “Acquiescence in the use and development of an area by a landowner is…