Legal Opinion
John William Mayton v. Jane Oliver
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided November 30, 2017No. 2015–CA–01875–COAPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, J., FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. This is a case about four neighbors on a cul-de-sac in Greenville. Three of them, the plaintiffs, allege that the other, Jane Oliver, violated a restrictive covenant and interfered with express or prescriptive drainage easements when she blocked a PVC pipe that emptied water from their lots onto her property. The chancellor found that the plaintiffs failed to establish the existence of an express or prescriptive drainage easement and denied their claims for injunctive relief and damages. The chancellor also denied Oliver's request for attorney's fees and her…
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