Anthony vs Cannon – clr volume 3 page 065

In the case between the plaintiff—who claimed prescriptive title to a house and premises originally occupied with her late father’s permission—and the defendants, including executors of the deceased father’s estate, the court addressed whether possession starting with parental permission could transform into adverse possession that ripened into ownership under prescription statutes. The determination centered on whether the plaintiff’s occupation, uninterrupted for over ten years and absent any acknowledgment of another’s title, met the legal requirements for acquiring title by prescription, including the necessity that possession become independent and adverse. The holding reaffirmed the principle that permissive possession may, under appropriate circumstances and factual evidence of inte