Stancil v. Farris

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises out of a land dispute between Martha J. Stancil and James Terry Farris, who own adjacent properties in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Farris had previously been granted an easement to pass over a portion of Stan-cil’s property; in 2008, Stancil filed a complaint alleging that Farris had abandoned the easement. Farris filed an answer and counter-complaint, wherein he alleged that he had not abandoned the easement and that he owned a small portion of Stancil’s property due to adverse possession. In November 2009, the Itawamba County Chancery…