The Whites, although the true owners of the entire driveway, treated the center of the driveway as the true boundary between their property and plaintiff's property from 1963 until 1989, a period of about twenty-six years. In 1972, plaintiffs' survey revealed that the driveway was actually located on the Whites' property. Despite this knowledge, the Whites continued to acquiesce to the boundary line being the center of the driveway from 1972 until 1989, a period of seventeen years. The Whites acquiesced to the center of the driveway as the boundary line between their property and plaintiffs' property for more than fifteen years. Accordingly, the trial court properly determined that plaintiffs owned the western half of the driveway under the doctrine of acquiescence.
Defendants next argue that the trial court erred in admitting certain hearsay testimony.
This Court reviews a trial court's evidentiary rulings for an abuse of discretion. An error in the admission of evidence is not a ground for vacating, modifying, or otherwise disturbing a judgment unless refusal to take such action would be inconsistent with substantial justice. Defendants also argue that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting plaintiff husband's testimony that Chester White stated that the middle of the driveway was the boundary line in 1963, again five to seven years later, and in 1972 after plaintiffs had their property surveyed. Statement against interest . A statement which was at the time of its making so far contrary to the declarant's pecuniary or proprietary interest, or so far tended to subject the declarant to civil or criminal liability, or to render invalid a claim by the declarant against another, that a reasonable person in the declarant's position would not have made the statement unless believing it to be true. . . .