Dean v. Slade

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This is an adverse-possession case that was initiated by Richard Dean in the Chancery Court of Jackson County against the interests of Katie Slade, Guy Jackson, and Flora Nichols Ragan in a parcel of land near Vancleave, Mississippi. Based upon the testimony and evidence admitted at trial, the chancellor found that Dean failed to prove that he had adversely possessed the property.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Dean filed a complaint for adverse possession on May 25, 2006, in the Chancery Court of Jackson County. The subject property in this case is approximately eighty…