The Fowler family owned and operated an ATV

    Scenario: The Fowler family owned and operated an ATV and snowmobile rental company, Black Hills Off-Roads Inc. The property next to their business was vacant and owned by the Simmons family. Over the course of more than 30 years, the Fowlers improved the Simmon’s property for the use of their customers by building picnic shelters and planting flowers and trees and maintained the property by cutting the grass, spraying weeds and removing snow. Fowlers also built a shed on the property to hold their mower and snow removal equipment as well as some other items necessary for their business. Fowlers limited the use of the property for their customers and excluded everyone else, including the Simmons family from the property. All of this occurred with the Simmons’ express consent, which the Fowlers never rejected as unnecessary. The statutory period for adverse possession was 15 years. Did the Fowlers obtain title to the property by adverse possession? Explain your answer applying the law you learned and include any case law reference.