Stoker v. Brown

*766OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This class action was filed on behalf of persons who have relatives buried in a private cemetery in Weakley County. The plaintiffs sued to enjoin the defendants from cultivating or trespassing upon a tract of land which they claim is a private cemetery.

The tract, which measures 28 X 4 poles (462 X 66 feet), is adjacent to a farm which the defendants, Velma and Champ Brown, acquired in 1960. The Browns have grazed cattle or raised bean crops on the disputed tract since acquiring title, the first crops being planted in the early 1970s. This dispute arose when some members…