Mobley v. Jackson Chapel Church

Benham, Justice.

Appellee Jackson Chapel Church is located on property in Polk County adjacent to property owned by appellants Willard C. Mobley, his daughter, and his son-in-law. When appellants began to make improvements on real property the church believed it owned as a result of the church’s adverse possession for over one hundred years, the church filed a petition for ejectment, for declaratory judgment, and for injunctive relief. In their answer, appellants asserted the ownership of the property had been decided adversely to the church in previous litigation1 and denied the church’s…