Hershey v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Sebastian Circuit Court. l£. B. Butereord, Judge. Appellant was entitled to credit for taxes paid and improvements made. Mansf. Dig,, sec. 2651. His title may have been void, but the statute was passed for the protection of purchasers of void titles.
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APPEAL from Sebastian Circuit Court. l£. B. Butereord, Judge. Appellant was entitled to credit for taxes paid and improvements made. Mansf. Dig,, sec. 2651. His title may have been void, but the statute was passed for the protection of purchasers of void titles. See 28 Ark., 299 ; 32 Id,, 535; 41 Id., 149. The description of the land is defective, but there was proof to identify it as the only tract owned by Erb in that sub-division, and that it was the identical one on which Hershy paid taxes and made improvements. There is a difference between an imperfect description used offensively and…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
This was an action of ejectment commenced by Thompson against' Hershy, in the circuit court of Sebastian county, to recover a certain tract of land in that county, containing five acres. Plaintiff recovered judgment for the land, and the defendant appealed.
Appellee alleges that he is the_ owner and entitled to the possession of the land and that appellant is wrongfully in possession. This is denied by appellant. To sustain his claim appellee traces his title back, through New' man Erb to G. W. Estes, but does not undertake to show that Estes had any title. He alleges, and appellant does not…
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