Legal Opinion

Knight v. Covington County

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided April 21, 2009No. 2007-CA-02179-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Following a trial in the Chancery Court of Covington County, the chancellor entered a judgment finding a disputed road to be a private road and, thereby, rejecting the claim of Covington County that the road was a public road. Joined in the suit with the County were Richard Collins, Sennett Dickens — administrator for the Estate of Harold Gene Jones (the Estate), deceased,1 and Ralph M. Vaughn — trustee of the Ralph Murphy Vaughn Revocable Trust.2 Additionally, the chancellor awarded prescriptive easements to the parties whose lands bordered G.K. Lane to allow…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Thornhill v. Caroline Hunt Trust EstateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Nichols v. FunderburkMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Keener Properties, LLC v. WilsonMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Moran v. SimsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2004
  5. Weissinger v. SimpsonMississippi Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Charles O'Neal v. Tracy Sykes BlalockCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017
  2. London & Stetelman Inc., L & D, LLC, and Andrew D. Stetelman v. Nelson Tackett and Judy Tackett, Both Individually and as Co-Trustees of the Nelson and Judy Tackett Joint Revocable Trust, and Subway Sandwich Shops of Hattiesburg, IncCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2020

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