Gregory v. Bartlett
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Pulaski Chancery Court. Minor Gregory brought ejectment against Liberty Bartlett, •claiming title by purchase at an overdue tax sale. On defendant’s motion the cause was transferred to the chancery •court. Defendant filed an answer which he asked to be taken as a cross-bill and in which he questioned the validity •of the overdue tax proceeding.
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APPEAL from Pulaski Chancery Court. Minor Gregory brought ejectment against Liberty Bartlett, •claiming title by purchase at an overdue tax sale. On defendant’s motion the cause was transferred to the chancery •court. Defendant filed an answer which he asked to be taken as a cross-bill and in which he questioned the validity •of the overdue tax proceeding. From the transcript of the record in the overdue tax suit against the land in controversy it appears that the complaint was filed on May 31, 1881, and on March 18, 1882, final decree was entered, condemning the land to be sold for •overdue…
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
The second section of the act of 1881 for the enforcement of payment of overdue taxes by foreclosure in equity, upon a complaint filed for that purpose, is as follows:
“ On the filing of such complaint, the clerk of the court shall enter on the record an order, which may be in the following form:
“ State of Arkansas on relation of -, plaintiff, v. Certain lands on which taxes are alleged to be due, defendant.
“Now, on this day came said plaintiff and files here in court his complaint, in which he sets forth that there are-certain taxes due on the following lands:
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