Estate of Burgess Ex Rel. Burgess v. Trotter

GRIFFIS, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Alex Trotter filed a complaint to quiet and remove clouds on title against adjoining landowners, Francis N. Burgess, Sr.; Francis N. Burgess, Jr.; and Lula Burgess. The Burgesses filed a counterclaim to quiet title and remove clouds on the same property. After the initial trial, the chancellor determined that Trotter owned the property in dispute and found that the ambiguously conveyed 140-yard strip of property should be located at the driveway of the Burgesses’ home thereby creating a right of access from the home to the Bolton-Brownsville Road.

¶ 2. The…