JimmyHavok t1_ite6np9 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 11:32 PM

I don't know about Rhode Island, but in my home state you cannot use adverse possession against a new owner. A friend bought property, and a friend of the seller who had been using it for grazing immediately tried to file adverse possession on it. The new deed invalidated that. The adverse possession period has to restart from the date of transfer of ownership in order to prevent those kinds of shenanigans.

Grand_Profession_207 t1_itehb4u wrote on October 23, 2022 at 12:56 AM

Not the case, adverse possession even transfers between owners who assume ownership of a parcel of land I.e “tacking”

https://casetext.com/case/taffinder-v-thomas

JimmyHavok t1_iteiy53 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 1:09 AM

This is the opposite of the situation. The plaintiff is tacking the use by the previous tenant onto their claim, not asserting their ownership against a new owner.

Grand_Profession_207 t1_itejjp0 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 1:14 AM

Yeah, my point was you would think between the two scenarios, the one involving tacking wouldn’t be have been permissible but it was.