LENOIR v. Anderson

ROBERTS, J, for the Court.

¶ 1. This appeal arises from a property dispute over the boundaries of the Bounds Family Cemetery located in Lamar Coun ty, Mississippi. Richard Lenoir, Sandra Shakelford, and Miles Ezell (Miles), (collectively the Plaintiffs) heirs of Ephraim Bounds, brought suit in the Chancery Court of Lamar County to determine the rights of the parties to approximately 1.8 acres of land. The chancery court found that the entire 1.8 acres were to be burdened for use as a cemetery and entered a judgment in favor of the Defendants, William Anderson and William Yawn. The Plaintiffs…