Where any person or persons, or others from whom he, she, or they derive their title,
either by themselves, tenants or lessees, shall have been for the space of ten (10)
years in the uninterrupted, quiet, peaceful and actual seisin and possession of any
lands, tenements or hereditaments for and during that time, claiming the same as his,
her or their proper, sole and rightful estate in fee simple, the actual seisin and
possession shall be allowed to give and make a good and rightful title to the person
or persons, their heirs and assigns forever; and any plaintiff suing for the recovery
of any such lands may rely upon the possession as conclusive title thereto, and this
chapter being pleaded in bar to any action that shall be brought for the lands, tenements
or hereditaments, and the actual seisin and possession being duly proved, shall be
allowed to be good, valid and effectual in law for barring the action.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
58
cases (
5 in the last 5 years), 1960–2026 · leading case:
Carnevale v. Dupee, 783 A.2d 404 (R.I. 2001).
Carnevale v. Dupee, 783 A.2d 404 (R.I. 2001).
· cites it 17× “The question *409 of whether the 1987 filing of the Ryan Survey, Dupee’s notice of the survey, and her failure to object are sufficient to interrupt Dupee’s claim of adverse possession under G.L.1956 §§ 34-7-1 and 34-7-6 is a question of law that we review de novo.”
Reitsma v. Pascoag Reservoir & Dam, LLC, 774 A.2d 826 (R.I. 2001).
· cites it 10× “To do so, it must establish actual, open, notorious, hostile, and continuous use of the property under a claim of right for ten years, as required by G.L.1956 § 34-7-1. See, e.g., Talbot v. Town of Little Compton, 52 R.”
Cahill v. Morrow, 11 A.3d 82 (R.I. 2011).
· cites it 8× “On July 25, 2007, the trial justice agreed that Cahill had proved adverse possession under G.L.1956 § 34-7-1 and vested in her the fee simple title to lot 19.”
Pascoag Reservoir & Dam, LLC v. Rhode Island, 217 F. Supp. 2d 206 (D.R.I. 2002).
· cites it 10× “R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-7-1. In Rhode Island, to complete a transfer of title by adverse possession, the claimant’s possession must be actual, open, notorious, hostile, under claim of right, continuous, and exclusive.”
Tavares v. Beck, 814 A.2d 346 (R.I. 2003).
· cites it 3× “Analysis General Laws 1956 § 34-7-1 addresses adverse-possession claims.”
Sleboda v. Heirs at Law of Harris, 508 A.2d 652 (R.I. 1986).
· cites it 8× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 34-7-1. The trial justice specifically found that from 1950 to 1976, when they were notified by the town treasurer of the purported redemption, plaintiffs and their predecessors "possessed and enjoyed it in the only way that it could be possessed and…”
Carnevale v. Dupee, 853 A.2d 1197 (R.I. 2004).
· cites it 5× “Despite these obstacles, Dupee insisted that her neighbors need not have trespassed to view the parcel because she readily would have granted permission for them to go on her property for an inspection.”
Anthony v. Searle, 681 A.2d 892 (R.I. 1996).
· cites it 4× “The adverse possession statute, G.L.1956 § 34-7-1, provides as follows: “Where any person or persons, or others from whom he, she, or they derive their title, either by themselves, tenants or lessees, shall have been for the space of ten (10) years in the uninterrupted, quiet,…”
Gardner v. Baird, 871 A.2d 949 (R.I. 2005).
· cites it 4× “Section 34-7-1, entitled “Conclusive title by peaceful possession under claim of title,” governs both claims of title by adverse possession and claims of prescriptive easements.”
Locke v. O'BRIEN, 610 A.2d 552 (R.I. 1992).
· cites it 4× “It is well settled that in order to establish adverse possession under § 34-7-1, a claimant’s possession must “be actual, open, notorious, hostile, under claim of right, continuous, and exclusive.”
Gammons v. Caswell, 447 A.2d 361 (R.I. 1982).
· cites it 3× “After reviewing the evidence presented at trial, the trial justice found that the Gammons satisfied the requirements of § 34-7-1 for obtaining title by adverse possession.”
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