Jordan v. Goodson

ANDERSON, Justice,

for the Court:

In the case at bar the chancellor in the Chancery Court of Jefferson County, Mississippi, awarded to Jimmie L. Goodson, defendant below and appellee here, a permanent easement across the property of F.M. Jordan, plaintiff below and appellant here. Finding merit in the issues Jordan raised on appeal, we reverse and render the cause.

FACTS

On February 5, 1983, Jordan, an absentee landowner residing in Louisiana, filed a petition for issuance of a mandatory injunction seeking to enjoin Goodson from trespassing upon his land and damaging gates and locks placed…