Cotton v. Cuba Timber Co.

BRANTLEY, J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. This appeal arises from a complaint filed by Cuba Timber Company (Cuba) to confirm title of seventy-seven acres of land in Kemper County. Numerous heirs at law of Daniel Cotton (the Cottons) filed a counter-complaint, alleging that they had acquired the subject property by adverse possession. The Kemper County Chancery Court confirmed title in Cuba. Aggrieved, the Cottons appeal arguing that the chancery court erred in failing to grant their motion to dismiss pursuant to Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure 41(b) and in finding that the Cottons had failed to…