What is the test for adverse possession of land?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Hopkins v. Black, 150 Cal.App.2d 756, 310 P.2d 702 (Cal. App. 1957):

It is clear that appellants have not established title to the land in dispute by adverse possession. For as stated in West v. Evans, 29 Cal.2d 414, at page 417, 175 P.2d 219, at page 220:

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