Belleclair Planting Co. v. Hall
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court, Osceola District; Chas. D. Frierson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. C. B. Hall instituted this action in the chancery court against the Belleclair Planting Company and A. J. Peifer to recover the amount of taxes paid by him on lands belonging to the defendant corporation which he alleges he paid under an agreement with the representative of the defendant.
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Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court, Osceola District; Chas. D. Frierson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. C. B. Hall instituted this action in the chancery court against the Belleclair Planting Company and A. J. Peifer to recover the amount of taxes paid by him on lands belonging to the defendant corporation which he alleges he paid under an agreement with the representative of the defendant. He prayed judgment for the amount of taxes paid by him and asked that the same be charged as a lien on the lands on which the taxes were paid. The material facts are as follows: O. R. Lilly was…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). Counsel for the defendants claim that this suit was instituted under Section 7131 of Kirby’s Digest and that the decree should be reversed under the authority of Woodall v. Delatour, 43 Ark. 521 and Peay v. Feild, 30 Ark. 600. Section 7131 of Kirby’s Digest was in force at the time the decisions in the cases referred, to were rendered and reads as follows:
“Every attorney, agent, guardian, executor or administrator, seized or having the care of lands as aforesaid, who shall be 'put to any trouble or expense in listing or paying the taxes on such lands, shall.be…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Woodall v. DelatourSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
- Peay v. FeildSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1875
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