Johnson v. Black

Notwithstanding our fervent hope that this more than eight year old litigation was at an end, see Johnson v. Black,469 So.2d 88, 89, 91 (Miss. 1985), we are presented yet another round. This time the Appellees, John E. Black, W.K. Black and Leon Beech, successful by virtue of our decision of May 15, 1985, have filed a motion for assessment of statutory penalty under the authority of Miss. Code Ann. §11-3-23 (Supp. 1984).

A bit of background is needed. This action began when Lauree Mizell, now deceased, filed her bill of complaint alleging that she was the owner of the 78 acre tract in issue by…