Bradford v. White
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; 1. The chancery court had jurisdiction. 13 Ark. 419; 14 Id. 209; 9 Id. 188; 40 Id. 229; 35 Id. 529; 4 la. 420; 2 B. C. L. 260. 2. The relief prayed should have been granted. 1. The writ of error coram nobis is a common law writ. A chancery court has no jurisdiction. 2 B. C. L. 306-7; 54 Am. Dec. 120; 60 L. R. A. 572; 205 TJ.
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Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; 1. The chancery court had jurisdiction. 13 Ark. 419; 14 Id. 209; 9 Id. 188; 40 Id. 229; 35 Id. 529; 4 la. 420; 2 B. C. L. 260. 2. The relief prayed should have been granted. 1. The writ of error coram nobis is a common law writ. A chancery court has no jurisdiction. 2 B. C. L. 306-7; 54 Am. Dec. 120; 60 L. R. A. 572; 205 TJ. S. 141; 19 L. R. A. 762. 2. The petition is not sufficient to bring tbe case within our statutory provisions for vacating judgments. Kirby’s Digest, § § 4431, 4433-4. Nor can it be treated as a bill of…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellant brought suit on the 24th day of February, 1916, against appellees in the Jefferson Chancery Court praying for a writ of error coram nobis for the purpose of reversing a judgment rendered on the 15th day of May, 1913, in an action wherein Mollie L. Bradford was plaintiff and Marcus L. Bradford, Crawford & Hooker, J. C. Bradford and Onie Bradford, his wife, were parties defendant, in so far as it affected the title to the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 14, township 6 south, range 10 west, in Jefferson County, Arkansas. He alleged ownership of said estate by…
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- Rawdon v. RapleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1849
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