Harrison v. Williams
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Hempstead Circuit Court. Hon. J. K. Jones, Circuit Judge." Under the acts of Adj. Sess., 1875, p. 179, et seep, appellant, as the legal representative of the owner of the equity of redemption (ib., see. 1Í) is the only person to whom the Legislature intended to grant the privilege of -redemption.
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APPEAL from Hempstead Circuit Court. Hon. J. K. Jones, Circuit Judge." Under the acts of Adj. Sess., 1875, p. 179, et seep, appellant, as the legal representative of the owner of the equity of redemption (ib., see. 1Í) is the only person to whom the Legislature intended to grant the privilege of -redemption. The favor of permitting lands to be redeemed was granted, not to purchasers at tax-sales, but to those who really mortgaged the lands, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, and to those only. The lands were not subject to taxation at the time of appellee’s supposed purchase.…
1Opinion of the Court
English, C..J.
In June, 1877, A. B. Williams made an application to the Commissioner of State Lands to redeem lands situated in Hempstead County, which had been mortgaged to the Real Estate Bank, and purchased by the State under a decree of foreclosure. The appellant claimed to be the owner of the equity of redemption in the lands, and made the application to redeem, under and upon the terms prescribed by the act of the fifteenth of December, 1875. Acts of 1875, p. 179.
It appears from a certificate of purchase filed with the application, that the lands were assessed for taxes in the years…
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