Crum v. Butler

601 So.2d 834 (1992)

Jesse L. CRUM

v.

Byron E. BUTLER.

No. 89-CA-0298.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 3, 1992.

H.E. Horne, Jr., Centreville, for appellant.

F.W. Stratton, Liberty, Cynthia D. Davis, Gloster, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

In 1883, David Day and others conveyed to the New Orleans and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company a 100 foot wide right of way through their lands in Amite County. The right of way was for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad line. The right of way would extend fifty feet on…