Massey v. Lewis

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This case arises from a property line dispute among Will D. (Will) and Jackie Massey (collectively, Masseys) and their neighbor, Joe S. Lewis, in which the chancellor found that a 1996 quitclaim deed vested title to the “hatched area” 1 of certain property in Lewis’s predecessor, and subsequently passed title to Lewis. The Masseys contended that they acquired the hatched area by adverse possession and that it was never their intention nor Lewis’s predecessor’s intention to relinquish title to that parcel. Aggrieved, the Mas-seys appeal, asserting:

I. The chancellor…