Legal Opinion

Bradley Lumber Co. v. Hamilton

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 7, 1913PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Bradley Chancery Court; Za-chariah T. Wood, Chancellor; The court had the power to amend its decree by nunc pro tunc entry after the lapse of the term. 23 Cyc. 867; 141 Pa.

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Appeal from Bradley Chancery Court; Za-chariah T. Wood, Chancellor; The court had the power to amend its decree by nunc pro tunc entry after the lapse of the term. 23 Cyc. 867; 141 Pa. St. 266, 21 Atl. 592; 70 Fed. 656, 17 C. C. A. 317; 51 Ark. 287. It was unnecessary to bring up the oral evidence, since it is clear that it was confined to the point of identifying- a record which is not in dispute. 48 Ark. 45, 50; Id. 60, 65. An amendment of a record can not be based upon a judge’s recollection of the facts or Ms affidavit in regard to the error to be corrected. 57 111. App. 688; 37 Id. 199;…

1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.

This suit was instituted in the Bradley Chancery Court by Mrs. A. A. Hamilton, in behalf of her husband, A. A. Hamilton, and by George Hamilton and Charlie Hamilton, in their own right, to cancel a certain deed executed by the State Land Commissioner to O. C. Colvin, and from C. C. Colvin to the appellant herein, the Bradley Lumber Company, and for an accounting for timber which it was alleged had been cut and removed from the lands by the appellant. The appellees deraigned title from the Government through an alleged patent to one John C. Gillis, and by deed from Gillis to the Hamiltons.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Brown v. NelmsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  2. Hardie v. BissellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
  3. Cunningham Commission Co. v. Rauch-Darragh Grain Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
  4. Stuckey v. LockardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  5. East v. KeySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Ross Cutter & Silo Co. v. RutherfordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1932
  2. Fletcher v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
  3. McMillan v. BrookfieldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
  4. Nash v. Hope Silver-Lead Mines, Inc.Idaho Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Bradley Lumber Co. v. LangfordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913

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