Chicago Land & Timber Co. v. Dorris
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Cleveland Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; STATEMENT OP PACTS. Sarah E. Dorris brought this suit in equity against the Chicago Land and Timber Company to quiet her title to a certain forty-acre tract of land in Cleveland County, Arkansas, and to recover damages for the value of certain timber cut and removed therefrom by the defendant.
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Appeal from Cleveland Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; STATEMENT OP PACTS. Sarah E. Dorris brought this suit in equity against the Chicago Land and Timber Company to quiet her title to a certain forty-acre tract of land in Cleveland County, Arkansas, and to recover damages for the value of certain timber cut and removed therefrom by the defendant. The material facts are as follows: The land in controversy was sold by virtue of a decree of the chancery court in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Overdue Tax Law. The sale was made in 1883, and, no one…
1Opinion of the Court
HABT, J.,
(after stating the facts). The plaintiff’s title was derived from the sale of the lands for taxes by virtue of a decree of the chancery court under the overdue tax law. The land was sold to the State in 1883, and no redemption was had within the time prescribed by the statute. The commissioner executed a deed to William Kilpatrick to the land on the 14th day of March, 1907. Kilpatrick conveyed the land to G-. W. Stover on October 17, 1911, and Stover in turn conveyed it to the plaintiff. Under these conveyances the plaintiff acquired a valid title to the land. McCarter v. Neil, 50…
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