McNeill v. Carter
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court in Chancery. Charles W. Smith, Judge. Carter Bros. & Co. and other creditors holding judgments against W. B. McNeill brought suit in equity against McNeill and others to set aside certain alleged fraudulent transfers executed by McNeill.
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Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court in Chancery. Charles W. Smith, Judge. Carter Bros. & Co. and other creditors holding judgments against W. B. McNeill brought suit in equity against McNeill and others to set aside certain alleged fraudulent transfers executed by McNeill. The complaint in substance alleged that plaintiffs in March and September, 1886, obtained their several judgments against McNeill for amounts named ; that nothing' has been paid on these judgments, and that they are in full force, and constitute subsisting liens on all real estate owned by McNeill; that, at the date of…
1Opinion of the CourtCockrirr, C. J.
A judgment of the circuit court becomes a lien on the real estate of the judgment defendant in the county where it is rendered. Mans. Dig. sec. 3917.
When lands are sold for non-payment of taxes, the purchaser is not entitled to a deed until the expiration of the two years allowed by statute for redemption. The title of the owner is not divested by the sale. During the period allowed for redemption, the law regards him as still the owner, clothed with the rights of absolute ownership, with some limited restrictions. Nicklase v. Morrison, 56 Ark. 553; Cooley, Taxation, 542; Black, Tax Titles,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nicklase v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
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