Chapter 26, Problem 5BCP

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Case summary: The family M operated a business on their lakefront property for more than 40 years. M also used a piece of land belonging to the neighbor F for over 40 years with their permission. F also reminded them several times about the ownership of such a piece of land but the family M sometimes didn’t say anything. The family M asked for permission from neighbor F to grow mow grass on his piece of land and once they apologized neighbor F for forgetting the ski on his land.

To find: The validity of claim of Adverse possession by M on F’s land.