Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Ervin King v. Sam Gale

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided June 16, 2015No. 2013-CA-00271-COAPublished

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partJames, J.

¶ 32. I agree with the majority opinion that the circuit did not err in denying *596King’s claim to a prescriptive easement. However, excluding the survey plat from evidence and changing the dismissal of the easement by necessity from a dismissal without prejudice to a dismissal with prejudice resulted in an abuse of discretion. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.

Denial of Survey Plat into Evidence

¶ S3. King argues that the sketch of the survey plat should have been admitted into evidence because it was a part of regularly kept business records, an exception to the hearsay rule. King contends that…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Flowers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Broadhead v. TerpeningMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  3. MISSISSIPPI GAMING COM'N v. FreemanMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  5. Cheri W. Heflin v. Stephen MerrillMississippi Supreme Court · 2014

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