HAWKINS v. WALTERS

No. 52704.

402 So.2d 336 (1981)

Michael A. HAWKINS and Kenneth Ray Hawkins v. Eleanor B. WALTERS, Ruth W. Bobo, etc.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Allen Pepper, Jr., Cleveland, for appellant.

Joseph A. Eddins, Jacobs, Griffith, Pearson, Eddins & Povall, Rosedale, M.E. Ward, C.E. Sorey, II, Ward, Martin, Terry & Way, Vicksburg, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, WALKER and LEE, JJ.


WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Bolivar County where appellant claimed land in Section 34, T25N, R8W through certain 1978 forfeited tax land patents from the State of Mississippi. The chancellor found the erosive action of the Mississippi River had completely destroyed Section 34 many years prior to issuance of the patents and awarded the area formerly occupied by Section 34 to appellees, the riparian landowners, as accretion...

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