Reeves v. Conger
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Phillips Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit by the appellant against the appellees to recover section 16, in township 6 south, range 2 east, in Phillips County, Arkansas. The suit was begun in the circuit court. The appellant alleged title to the land through a sale by the collector under the provisions of chapter 142, sections 7700 to 7707, inclusive, of Kirby’s Digest.
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Appeal from Phillips Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit by the appellant against the appellees to recover section 16, in township 6 south, range 2 east, in Phillips County, Arkansas. The suit was begun in the circuit court. The appellant alleged title to the land through a sale by the collector under the provisions of chapter 142, sections 7700 to 7707, inclusive, of Kirby’s Digest. He alleged that the lands were sold under these provisions to John I. Moore, who obtained a deed from the State Land Commissioner to the same, and that he…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). 1. Section 7707 of Kirby’s Digest, in regard to the sale of sixteenth sections, provides that “The collector shall, without delay, report all sales to the county court, which may reject or confirm the same. * * * If the sale be confirmed by the county court, the collector shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a certificate, * * *” and, “upon the presentation of this certificate to the Commissioner of State Lands, ” the purchaser “shall be entitled to a deed from said Commissioner of State Lands for the tract of land sold.”
The report of the sale by the…
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