Bass v. Starnes
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Western District; W. J. Driver, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 14th. day of December, 1910, Edgar Bass brought this suit in the circuit court against Noah Starnes and Edward Cleveland for the possession of a tract of land in Clay County, Arkansas.
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Western District; W. J. Driver, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 14th. day of December, 1910, Edgar Bass brought this suit in the circuit court against Noah Starnes and Edward Cleveland for the possession of a tract of land in Clay County, Arkansas. Before the trial of the case Starnes, who was in possession, had surrendered the land to Bass, who had purchased the same from Cleveland on the 6th day of January, 1909. The action was tried at the April, 1912, term of the court, and was treated as an action against Cleveland for damages for breach of his…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). In their brief counsel say that this appeal is prosecuted solely upon the theory that the court erred in admitting evidence to the effect that Cleveland told Bass when he purchased the land that he could not move on it and have any benefit from it until the lease had expired, and that Bass agreed to this. The deed in question contained a general covenant of warranty and the lease in question was a breach of that covenant. Crawford v. McDonald, 84 Ark. 415.
In the case of Barnett v. Hughey, 54 Ark. 195, in discussing the measure of damages in an action for breach of…
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- Crawford v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
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