Legal Opinion

Steed v. Kimbrough

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 11, 1944No. 35722PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, J.

The parties are the owners of adjoining lands, the dividing line between them being one quarter of a mile long and running north and south. Appellant’s land is on the west, and that of appellees is on the east of the dividing line. The land of both parties is bounded on the south by an improved county highway running east and west with the usual drainage ditch on the north side next to the lands here involved.

Most of the adjoining lands of the parties are located in a swale or depression. This depression begins at a point on the dividing line about 250' feet north of the highway. The…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sinai v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. MillerMississippi Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Holman v. RichardsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1917

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hall v. WoodMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Staats v. HubbardCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1949
  3. Newton Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. MurphreyMississippi Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Mississippi State Highway Com'n v. WoodMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Shattles v. Field, Brackett & Pitts, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1972

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