Langley v. Langley
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Clark Circuit Court. Hon. H. B. Stuart, Circuit Judge. As to first ground of demurrer, appellee, in bringing his action of ejectment, must rely on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of appellant’s. This is a fundamental principle, about which there is no conflict in the authorities.
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APPEAL from Clark Circuit Court. Hon. H. B. Stuart, Circuit Judge. As to first ground of demurrer, appellee, in bringing his action of ejectment, must rely on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of appellant’s. This is a fundamental principle, about which there is no conflict in the authorities. Daniel, et al., v. LeFevre, ig Ark., 202. Party in possession of property, as well land as personal property, is considered to be the owner until the contrary is proved. Ib. Appellee recognized appellant’s possession by bringing the action of ejectment against her. Coleman v. Hill,…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This was an ejectment for 124 19-iooth acres of land; the' plaintiff relying upon a conveyance from the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company. After several successive answers had been held insufficient upon demurrer, the defendant filed an amended and substituted answer, in which she denies plaintiff’s ownership and right of possession of the lands mentioned in his complaint, and states that her late husband, J. B. Langley, during his lifetime, and about the year 1874, contracted with the C. & F. R. R. Co., which then owned these lands, for the purchase thereof, and received…
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