Alcorn v. Sadler
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the chancery court of the first district of Coahoma county. Hon. W. R. Trigg, Chancellor. The opinion sufficiently states the case. An easement is a right to subject the land of one person to a particular service beneficial to the estate of another. The service must be certain, and must be exercised only to the extent and for the purpose of its creation.
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Erom the chancery court of the first district of Coahoma county. Hon. W. R. Trigg, Chancellor. The opinion sufficiently states the case. An easement is a right to subject the land of one person to a particular service beneficial to the estate of another. The service must be certain, and must be exercised only to the extent and for the purpose of its creation. In the absence of a grant, the right to the enjoyment of an easement becomes fixed, if the use be continued, without interruption, for the period named in the local statute of limitations for quieting titles to land. Gould on Waters, §…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The report of this case, as presented on a former appeal and decided, is contained in 66 Miss., 221, where a full and accurate statement of the case, made by the bill and answer, prepared by the reporters, may be seen. The opinion of the court then delivered settled the principles of law applicable to the controversy, so far as it depended on the character of the body of water in dispute. The case was remanded for further investigation, and a vast mass of evidence has been accumulated, with the result of a decree authorizing Sadler to make his excavation so as to rid his land in the reservoir…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bonelli Bros. v. BlakemoreMississippi Supreme Court · 1888
- Lanier v. BoothMississippi Supreme Court · 1874
- Alcorn v. SadlerMississippi Supreme Court · 1888
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