Tucker and Hankey Were Adjoining Property Owners

question 8

Essay

Tucker and Hankey were adjoining property owners. Tucker claimed that the fence separating their properties was not located properly and that it should be moved back onto Hankey's land. Hankey claimed that he owned the strip between the fence and the alleged boundary line by adverse possession. He proved that for forty (40) years there had been on the strip in question a barn with a cement floor, which had been built by the person from whom he purchased his land, and that he had been told by the former owner that the fence was the boundary line. The fence consisted of five-foot-high barbed wire set in cement. Did Hankey own the strip by adverse possession?

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment or study that is expected to change in response to changes in the independent variable.

Manipulated

Pertains to an independent variable in an experiment that is controlled or changed by the researcher to observe its effect.

Measured

Describes the process of quantitatively assessing or gauging a variable, attribute, or phenomenon.

Dependent Variable

In an experiment, it is the variable being tested and measured, which is expected to change as a result of modifications to the independent variable.