Rachels v. Stecher Cooperage Works
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Chancery Court; John B. Marfineau, Chancellor; statement by the court. This is a suit by appellee under sections 649 and 650 of Kirby’s Digest to quiet title to various tracts of land described in the complaint, consisting of-acres, and situated in township 7 north, range 5 west, in White County, Arkansas.
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Appeal from White Chancery Court; John B. Marfineau, Chancellor; statement by the court. This is a suit by appellee under sections 649 and 650 of Kirby’s Digest to quiet title to various tracts of land described in the complaint, consisting of-acres, and situated in township 7 north, range 5 west, in White County, Arkansas. The appellee exhibits with its complaint the deeds under which it claims, and alleges as follows: “Its grantors in all of said deeds and conveyances were at the time of the execution and delivery of said deed or deeds to this petitioner the fee simple owner or owners to…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). First. It -was shown that appellee was,a Missouri-corporation chartered“to carry on the cooperage business for pecuniary profit or gaip,..and to cut, buy, manufacture and sell staves, and to manufacture and sell casks, barrels, kegs and all other articles whatsoever belonging to the cooperage business.”
Appellant contends that, such being the express powers granted to appellee, under the laws of Missouri, which must control, appellee was prohibited from holding any lands, and that its acquisition of lands was ultra vires and consequently void.
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- Thomas v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Minturn v. LarueSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
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- Huntington v. Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Updegraff v. Marked Tree Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
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