Joseph E. Davidson v. William Dwight Collins

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Joseph and Tina Davidson leased approximately 2.3 acres located on the Es-catawpa River for approximately twenty-five years before finally purchasing the land in 2002. The property, which is south of Mississippi Highway 614 and. abuts the State’s right-of-way, is surrounded by water on three sides and by property owned by Dwight Collins and his wife, Nancy, on the remaining (east) side. The Collinses’ land, comprising approximately forty acres, was purchased in 1996.

¶ 2. According to Joseph, his family used the property, which had a sandbar and dock area, “[f]or…