Woods v. Cooper

PRICE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment granting a directed verdict. Plaintiffs, Jimmy Woods, III, Charles W. Woods, Jr., Wilma Woods Ficklin, and Rosie Woods Monroe, brought a possessory action against defendants, Rosie Cooper and the City of Tallulah. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of plaintiffs after defendants moved for a directed verdict. Defendants appeal this ruling.

On July 22, 1980, plaintiffs filed a posses-sory action over immovable property known as Lot 16 of Blair’s Addition to the Village of Tallulah. Plaintiffs alleged they had possessed this property as…