Hodges v. Harkleroad
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crittenden Chancery Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In 1872, J. C. W. M. Harkleroad died, leaving a will, the substance of which, so far as it affects this case, was: The real estate in question was demised to his brother, Hiram S. Harkleroad, for his natural life.
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Appeal from Crittenden Chancery Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In 1872, J. C. W. M. Harkleroad died, leaving a will, the substance of which, so far as it affects this case, was: The real estate in question was demised to his brother, Hiram S. Harkleroad, for his natural life. At the death of Hiram S. Harkleroad it was devised “to the lawful child or children or their descendants who may be living, if there should be such, of him, the said Hiram S.- Harkleroad. in fee simple, to be divided among them as though they wei;e taking the same by inheritance from Hiram S. Harkleroad under the laws of…
1Opinion of the Court
HiEE, C. J.,
(after stating the facts.) 1. The attack on the validity of the tax forfeitures and sales was abandoned in the chancery court, and is not insisted upon here, and the case was tried and determined upon the alternative prayer of the complainant, for redemption of the land from the tax sales. This.eliminates the defense interposed and insisted upon here that the suit could not be maintained without the affidavit of tender of taxes and value of improvements required by sections 2759, 2760. Kirby’s Digest. In Burgett v. McCray, 61 Ark. 456, it was held that such affidavit was not…
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