Coats v. City of Yazoo City

ROBERTSON, Justice,

for the Court:

This eminent domain action raises a question of joinder of parties. An on-the-ground survey disclosed the possibility that a landowner may hold by adverse possession a sliver of land, record title to which is vested in an adjoining landowner not named as a defendant. The question is whether, in this action and before proceeding further, the condemning authority was required to join the adjoining landowner.

In order to provide an adequate water system for domestic use and fire protection, the City of Yazoo City determined to construct two new water tanks and to…