Hesser v. Johns

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

The parties are adjoining landowners of realty located in Washington County. This cause was filed in chancery court seeking an injunction, damages for trespass, quiet title in the appellees, and a determination of a boundary line. An answer was filed claiming this was a trespass action which should be tried in a law court. A motion to transfer was made in the alternative to dismissal. Essentially one argument is made on appeal: the chancery court lacked jurisdiction. The record presented to us on appeal consists of the pleadings, the order of the court, and some of…