Ceasar v. Shelton Land Co.

Adams, Judge.

Johnny Ceasar, Lee Birdie Holton Pritchard, Henry E. Holton and Jean Ceasar Gordon (plaintiffs) filed an action for trespass, continuing trespass, intentional infliction of emotional distress and *422declaratory judgment against The Shelton Land Company, Inc. (SLC)1 alleging that defendant desecrated and destroyed the plaintiffs’ family cemetery. The trial court granted summary judgment to SLC and plaintiffs appeal.

The property at issue here was acquired by the Shelton family from members of plaintiffs’ family in the 1960s. Plaintiff Johnny Ceasar testified in his deposition that…