Legal Opinion

Lindsey v. SHAW, ET UX.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1950No. 37727PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHaU, J.

Appellant is the owner of the west 25' acres of NW% of FW]4 of Section 30, Township 4 South, Range 17 West. Approximately 900 feet north of her said land there is a public highway which runs in an easterly and westerly direction. Appellees own the land lying between said highway and appellant’s land, having acquired the same from Lamont Rowland in 1941. Appellant brought suit and prayed for a decree establishing by prescription an easement in her favor for a passageway across appellees’ said land along the route of a recognized old settlement road which leads from appellant's home to the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Board of Trustees v. GottenMississippi Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Quin v. SabineMississippi Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Feld v. Young Men's Hebrew Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Reinecke v. GibbsMississippi Supreme Court · 1944

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Snow Lake Shores Property Owners Corp. v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Calvert v. GriggsMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Cook Industries, Inc. v. CarlsonDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1971
  4. Fourth Davis Island Land Co. v. ParkerMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Huggins v. WrightMississippi Supreme Court · 2000

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