Cooper v. Lee
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Drew Circuit Court. Carrole D. Wood, Judge. I. N. NE. sec. 3 is no description at all. It must be such as would be sufficient for a surveyor to survey and locate the boundaries. 30 Ark. 657; 50 id. 484; 56 id. 172. 2. Plaintiff was not barred by the statute of limitations, under sec. 4475, Mansf.
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Appeal from Drew Circuit Court. Carrole D. Wood, Judge. I. N. NE. sec. 3 is no description at all. It must be such as would be sufficient for a surveyor to survey and locate the boundaries. 30 Ark. 657; 50 id. 484; 56 id. 172. 2. Plaintiff was not barred by the statute of limitations, under sec. 4475, Mansf. Digest. 15 Ark. 363; 32 id. 131; 46 id. 96 ; 55 id. 192. 1. The legislature may prescribe that two years adverse possession bars a tax title. 20 Ark. 508; lb. 542; 21 id. 370; 53 id. 404; Mansf. Dig. sec. 4475. 2. N. NE. sec. 3 means N. half NE. quarter, sec. 3, and nothing else, and is…
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
This was an action of ejectment, brought by the appellant against appellee to recover possession of the following tract of land in Drew county, Ark., to-wit: The N. half of the NE. quarter of Section 3, Township 15 S., R. 6 West of 5th principal meridian. Appellee in his answer alleged, in substance, that he became the owner of the land by virtue of a purchase of the same at a sale of lands lawfully held by the sheriff and collector of Drew county in the year 1887 for the non-payment of taxes for the year 1886; that the same had not been redeemed; that a deed in due form of law had been made…
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