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Facts

• The case involves a dispute between two parties over the title to a piece of property. The defendant contested the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in a quiet-title action, arguing inconsistencies in the property descriptions across various documents. These inconsistencies pertained to the property's location across different sections and its description in a 1942 tax deed compared to subsequent documents. The plaintiff countered by demonstrating a clear chain of title to the disputed property and submitted a boundary survey to ascertain the property's boundaries.

Procedural History

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Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellee: Argued that the property descriptions across various documents were sufficient to establish a clear chain of title to the disputed property. Submitted a boundary survey dated August 19, 2010, to demonstrate that the property's boundaries could be ascertained by a licensed surveyor.
• Defendant-Appellant: Contended that inconsistencies in the property descriptions across documents, including the location of the property across different sections and the description in a 1942 tax deed versus subsequent documents, rendered the plaintiff's claim to the title invalid. Argued that the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was improper due to non-compliance with the requirement of a statement of undisputed material facts and raised issues regarding a prescriptive easement in a road related to the property.

Legal Issues

• Whether the inconsistencies in property descriptions across various documents invalidate the plaintiff's claim to the title.
• Whether the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment complied with the requirement of a statement of undisputed material facts.
• Whether the defendant is entitled to a prescriptive easement in a road related to the property.

Disposition

• The district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff and quieting title to the property in the plaintiff was affirmed.

Reasons

• Per Wechsler, J. (Fry, J., and Kennedy, J., concurring), the court held that:
  The discrepancies between the half-interest described in the 1942 tax deed and the later documents' description of a subdivided parcel did not create a genuine issue of disputed material fact because the defendant waived any argument against the validity of the division by relying on a quitclaim deed pertaining to the same subdivided parcel (para. [DS 3], [RP 49], [RP 17]).
  The plaintiff made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating a clear chain of title to the disputed property and submitting a boundary survey dated August 19, 2010, which ascertained the property's boundaries (para. [RP 83], [RP 81]).
  The plaintiff's motion for summary judgment did comply with the requirement of a statement of undisputed material facts, as it set forth a series of factual allegations supported by references to the record (para. [PSD 3-4], [MIO 3-4]).
  The defendant's claim for the imposition of a trust based on the plaintiff's alleged "posing" in the agreement with the District as the taxpayer was declined due to lack of evidence supporting such a trust (para. [DS 7], [PSD 4-5], [MIO 4]).
  The issue regarding a prescriptive easement in a road was not converted into a claim for relief on appeal as it was only raised as a defense against the plaintiff's claim and not as an affirmative claim for relief (para. [DS 7], [PSD 5-6], [MIO 4]).