Ken Garten: Property issues can grow complex
(World News USA)

Among the many topics they teach in the first-year property class at law school is the doctrine of adverse possession.Many may have heard the term, and may be aware of its basic effect, but its real-world application is perhaps a bit more elusive.Adverse possession provides that a party obtains legal title to real estate by possessing in for 10 years, assuming all of the requisite elements of that possession are met.To acquire title to real estate by adverse possession, ......