BENEFIELD v. SWORDS

No. 2002-CA-01004-COA.

857 So.2d 782 (2003)

Milton A. BENEFIELD and Wife, Claylene Benefield, Appellants, v. J. Laque SWORDS and Wife, Joan Swords, Earnest W. Robbins and Wife, Jamie E. Robbins and Alan Gowdy, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

October 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe M. Davis, New Albany, attorney for appellant.

Omar D. Craig, Oxford, attorney for appellee.

Before SOUTHWICK, P.J., THOMAS and IRVING, JJ.


SOUTHWICK, P.J., for the court.

¶ 1. Milton and Claylene Benefield sought to quiet title to small strips of land along the southern boundary of their property. They also sought damages from a person hired by an adjacent landowner to clear these lands. The lower court confirmed title based on the legal descriptions in the Benefields' deeds but dismissed all claims to the additional strips because of the absence of a...

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