Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Melanie B. Cahill v. Margaret P. Morrow

January 20, 20112011 R.I. LEXIS 8

Summary

Justice Flaherty dissents, arguing that the trial court correctly found the plaintiff had satisfied the statutory elements of adverse possession and that the 1997 letter does not defeat her claim of right. He would affirm the Superior Court judgment. The dissent also critiques the majority’s view of the letter as a “silver bullet.”