Legal Opinion

Double J Farmlands, Inc. v. Paradise Baptist Church

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 4, 2008No. 2007-CA-01537-SCTPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

999 So.2d 826 (2008)

DOUBLE J FARMLANDS, INC.

v.

PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH, et al. and Betty Downs Tyler.

No. 2007-CA-01537-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 4, 2008.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 2009.

Parker Hays Still, Baresville, Rebecca S. Thompson, Hernando, attorneys for appellant.

Mildred J. Lesure, Crenshaw, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Petitioner's adverse-possession claim to approximately six-and-a-half acres (the "6.5-Acre Tract") was denied by the Tate County Chancery Court, which held that the plaintiffs failed to meet their burden of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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  3. Stewart v. Merchants Nat. BankMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. West v. BrewerMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Snowden & McSweeny Co. v. HanleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1943

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