Paw Paw Island Land Co. v. Issaquena & Warren Counties Land Co.

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal involves a claim of a prescriptive easement over land providing access to Paw Paw Island. Paw Paw Island Land Company (“PPILC”) now owns most of the island. It alleges that its predecessors in title first used a dirt trail, which later was upgraded to a road to access the island. The road traverses land now owned by Issaquena and Warren Counties Land Company (“IWCLC”). The island, located entirely in the State of *918Louisiana, was formed in 19351 when the main channel of the Mississippi River was diverted through a large tract of land in Louisiana…