DOUBLE J FARMLANDS, INC. v. PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH

No. 2007-CA-01537-SCT.

999 So.2d 826 (2008)

DOUBLE J FARMLANDS, INC. v. PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH, et al. and Betty Downs Tyler.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker Hays Still, Baresville, Rebecca S. Thompson, Hernando, attorneys for appellant.

Mildred J. Lesure, Crenshaw, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Petitioner's adverse-possession claim to approximately six-and-a-half acres (the "6.5-Acre Tract") was denied by the Tate County Chancery Court, which held that the plaintiffs failed to meet their burden of proving their possession was "hostile." We affirm.

BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

¶ 2. In 1961, Mrs. Omega Thomas conveyed fifty acres of property1 (the "50-Acre...

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