Jones, McDowell & Co. v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Pulaski Chancery Court. Hon. D. W. CARROLL, Chancellor.' This was a suit brought in Pulaski County, in reference to the title to lands lying in Saline County. The venue in such cases is local, and the Pulaski Chancery Court, therefore, had no jurisdiction.
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APPEAL from Pulaski Chancery Court. Hon. D. W. CARROLL, Chancellor.' This was a suit brought in Pulaski County, in reference to the title to lands lying in Saline County. The venue in such cases is local, and the Pulaski Chancery Court, therefore, had no jurisdiction. Gantts Digest, sec. 4532; Jacks v. Moore, 33 Ark., 31; 1 Jones on Mortgages, sec. 699 ; Fitzgerald v. Beebe, 7 Ark.., 319; Gilchrist v. Patterson, 18 lb., 579; Hewitt v. Wilcox, 1 Met., 155; Pomeroy’s Equity Jar., sec. 135; lb., sec. 166; Bliss on Code Pleading, see. 284; Watts v. Waddell, 6 Pet., 164; Watkins v. Homan, 16 lb.,…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION.
By the third section of an act of the Legislature entitled J ® “an act to define the boundaries of Pulaski and other . , counties, approved December 7,1875, the lands embraced in this controversy were detached from Pulaski and added to the territory of Saline County. It will be seen from the date of the filing of the complaint that these lands were notin Pulaski County when the suit was commenced. It is again urged by the counsel for appellants, after the overruling of the motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, that the Pulaski Chancery Court could not entertain jurisdiction on…
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