Hearn v. Board of Supervisors of Hinds County
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
The underlying land dispute in this appeal is whether Smith Drive is a county road or a private driveway. Smith Drive is a short road that abuts Plaintiff-Appellant Betty Smith Hearn’s (“Hearn”) apartment building, in Hinds County, Mississippi. Proceeding pro se, Hearn sued various Hinds County officials and departments (collectively “Appellees”) raising an assortment of tort and property claims, under Mississippi law, in essence asserting that she is the owner of the corner of Smith Drive under dispute. In dismissing Hearn’s complaint, the district court noted that this land…
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