What is the test for a right by prescription to acquire possession of land by prescription in another person's land?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lindsay v. King, 138 Cal.App.2d 333, 292 P.2d 23 (Cal. App. 1956):
Another frequently approved statement of the rule is to be found in Myran v. Smith, 117 Cal.App. 355, 362, 4 P.2d 219, 222, where it was stated: '* * * to acquire the right by prescription in the lands of another, the possession * * * must be open, hostile, and continuous----
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