Legal Opinion

Stokes v. Stokes

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 28, 2016No. CV-15-557PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHoward W. Brill, Chief Justice

|, This appeal arises from a dispute between a father and his son over the ownership of Chicot County farmland. The father, appellant George M. Stokes, Sr. (“George”), appeals an order of the Chicot County Circuit Court, denying and dismissing George’s motion to set aside title in the farmland and awarding attorney’s fees to his son, appellee Mason F. Stokes (“Mason”). For reversal, George argues that the circuit court erred (1) by denying his constitutional right to trial by jury, (2) by ruling that a 1999 warranty deed was valid, (3) by ruling that no genuine issue of material fact existed…

2Cases cited37 opinions

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  4. Cochran v. BentleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 2007
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