Griffin v. Solomon

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

The appellants were cotenants with Arthur Cotton, Jr. He mortgaged the lands to the appellees; and the Chancery Court held that •■such mortgage gave the appellees a lien on appellants’ interests. This appeal challenges that decree.

On October 20, 1938 Arthur Cotton, Sr. made application to the State of Arkansas to receive a donation deed 1 to a tract of 80 acres in Phillips County, Arkansas, and hereinafter called “the land.” Cotton, with his wife and five children moved on the land, complied with the requirements of the law, and received a deed from the…