Roman
Roman v. Ries
Opinion
Opinion
Elkington, J.
Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment entered in favor of defendants in a quiet title action which established a boundary line between their respective properties.
The facts, which are correctly stated in plaintiffs’ brief, appear as follows. In May of 1959, defendants purchased land which presently adjoins plaintiffs’ property. At that time plaintiffs’ land was owned by Onni Reinikainen. When defendants purchased the property they did not know where the boundary line between the two properties was located. A month to three months after purchasing the land defendant A. B. Ries had a conversation with Mr. Reinikainen concerning the location of the boundary. At that time defendants were still in doubt as to the location of the boundary. Mr. Reinikainen purported to know the true location of the boundary and pointed this location out to Mr. Ries. Mr. Reinikainen, believing this to be the true line, acquiesced in defendants’ improvement of their property up to this line. If the line was as Reinikainen stated, then defendants’ house was built on their own property. Subsequently plaintiffs pur chased Mr. Reinikainen’s land. A survey, based upon the deeds of plaintiffs and defendants, as…