Norris v. Cox

MODIFIED OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING1

MYERS, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Lee County. The subject of this case is an encroachment by the Coxes onto land that Norris allegedly owns. The trial court originally concluded Marvin and Mary Cox had adversely possessed two portions of Samuel T. Norris’s property and awarded the Coxes fee simple title to these portions. The trial court later entered a supplemental judgment, reducing the land awarded to the Coxes. Both sides were unhappy with the new findings, so they then filed several post-trial motions…