Meyer v. Law

Neil and Lucille Law (defendants) relied on an inaccurate survey overstating the size of their property and, based on it, built a fence enclosing part of the neighboring land owned by John and Leona Meyer (plaintiffs). The Laws maintained and farmed the enclosed strip for years. Both families' actual recorded titles reflected the true boundary line, and both paid property taxes based on that true line. When a dispute arose, the Laws claimed they had acquired the disputed strip by adverse possession. The circuit court and the district court of appeal both ruled for the Laws, and the Florida Supreme Court granted certiorari.