Anderson v. Cold Spring Tungsten, Inc.
Colorado Supreme Court
458 P.2d 756 (1969)
Relevant factsFree
The defendants used a cabin and surrounding land as a summer vacation home for decades, posting no-trespassing signs and locking the door, genuinely believing they owned both the cabin and the land beneath and around it; Cold Spring (plaintiff), the actual titleholder, sued to quiet title, and the trial court found the defendants' peaceable possession wasn't hostile enough to establish adverse possession.
IssueFree
Whether the requirement that adverse possession be hostile and adverse includes a showing of actual force or violence against the titleholder.