Stephen Carmody v. Suzannah McGowan

FAIR, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. This is a dispute over a strip of land bordering residential property owned by the litigants, who are neighbors. Both sides claim record title to the property deriving from Cynthia and M.L. Culley. At issue on appeal is the Stephen and Rowena Carmody’s claim, which originates from a deed to J.E. Fowler in 1969. The chancery court found that the deed did not convey the disputed property, and thus that the Carmodys had no claim to it. The court then granted a partial summary judgment to Suzannah McGowan, which was certified as a final judgment under Mississippi Rule…