Geoghegan v. Krauss

This proceeding involves the question of ownership of a tract of land consisting of 764 acres located in Jefferson County, Mississippi.

Appellants filed the bill herein asserting title in themselves by adverse possession, and praying for a decree so adjudicating and for cancellation of the claim of appellees.’ Appellees, by answer, denied appellants were the owners of the land, or had any interest therein, and, by cross-bill, asserted that they were the owners of the land both by record title and adverse possession. The chancellor dismissed the bill and sustained the cross-bill, from which…