Locke v. Locke, 2022 WL 3650806 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2022)
Aug 25, 2022OUTCOME: The Court of Appeals affirmed in favor of the Plaintiffs, holding that adverse possession claimed by the Defendants was not applicable and that the Defendants' Mother was not an indispensable party.
Plaintiff filed a detainer warrant in General Sessions seeking to remove Defendants from a trailer sitting on Plaintiff's property. Defendants claimed adverse possession to the property at trial as an ... affirmative defense, arguing specifically that their possession not permissive. At Trial, Defendants' Mother testified that she also claimed an interest in the trailer and the one acre that the tractor sat on. The Trial Court ruled in favor of Plaintiff, requiring Defendants to vacate the property. The Defendants appealed, arguing both adverse possession and that their mother was an indispensable party to the lawsuit.
