Opinion ID: 1924748
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Text: In this case, Joe E. Rice, Jr., (hereinafter Rice) appeals from a decision of the Madison County Chancery Court denying his claim of adverse possession of certain land and upholding good and clear record title to the disputed land to the appellee, Kenneth F. Pritchard, (hereinafter Pritchard). Pritchard filed suit in the Chancery Court to confirm and quiet title to 2.4 acres of Madison County property. Rice claimed that he was the record title owner of the property, and alternatively, even without record title, obtained the property by adverse possession for the statutory period. The Chancellor found that the property in question was included within the calls of Pritchard's deed. He also found that Rice failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence the elements of adverse possession as required by Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-13 (1972). On appeal, Rice challenges principally the denial of his adverse possession claim.