Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Edgar Sepulveda v. John Buffum

May 9, 2025

Summary

The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s judgments, holding that Sepulveda failed to meet the ten‑year exclusive‑use requirement for adverse possession and that the trial justice’s credibility determinations were not clearly erroneous, thereby upholding the trespass, declaratory, and injunction orders.