adverse possession

Question 1

adverse possession requirements

Answer 1

1) continuous
2) open and notorious
3) actual and exclusive
4) hostile

Question 2

tacking

Answer 2

adverse possessors can tack together successive (no gaps) periods of adverse possession to satisfy the statutory period, even if successive possession was by different adverse possessors

Question 3

adverse possession - concurrent owners

Answer 3

co-tenants cannot adversely possess each others’ interests unless ouster has occurred