Costner v. Adams

John F. Stroud, Jr., Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a Cleburne County jury verdict awarding appellees Tommy Adams and Beatrice Adams, individually as the estate of James L. Adams, deceased, $100,000 against appellant Gordon Costner. The case arises from a long-running and violent land dispute that resulted in the death of James and the shooting of his son, Tommy. We hold that the jury’s verdict is supported by substantial evidence and affirm.

Procedural History

In the mid-1990s, James and appellant went to court over appellant’s dozing of Stoney Point Drive, which runs between two parcels of…