Legal Opinion

Stallings v. Bailey

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 14, 1990No. 07-CA-59318PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

558 So.2d 858 (1990)

John R. STALLINGS and Wife, Carol Stallings

v.

David BAILEY.

No. 07-CA-59318.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 14, 1990.

J. Kirkham Povall, Jacobs Eddins Povall Meador & Crump, Cleveland, for appellants.

W. Allen Pepper, Jr., Cleveland, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and BLASS, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This appeal arises from a bitter contest over a sliver of land separating the backyards of two residential lots in Cleveland, Mississippi. The Chancery Court held the non-record titleholder had adversely possessed the narrow strip, after going…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Johnson v. BlackMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  2. McCaughn v. YoungMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Clements v. YoungMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Davis v. ClementMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Snowden & McSweeny Co. v. HanleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1943

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  2. Murphy v. MurphyMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Thornhill v. Caroline Hunt Trust EstateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Martin v. SimmonsMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Rice v. PritchardMississippi Supreme Court · 1992

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