Adamson v. Hartman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Garland Circuit Court. Hon. J. M. Smith, Circuit Judge. Appellees had only a' right of possession, which could be transferred by mere delivery of possession without deed, the premises being in the Hot Springs Reservation.
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APPEAL from Garland Circuit Court. Hon. J. M. Smith, Circuit Judge. Appellees had only a' right of possession, which could be transferred by mere delivery of possession without deed, the premises being in the Hot Springs Reservation. Pratt v. Young, 1 Utah, 347, affirmed in Cannon v. Pratt, 9 Otto, 619; Cain’s Heirs v. Young, 1 Utah, 362; Stringfellow v. Cain, 9 Otto, 611; Cain v. Leslie, 5 Ark., 313; Glantor v. Anthony, 15 Ark., 543-553. “A deed in due form, signed and acknowledged by the grantor does not become his deed until the name of the grantee is inserted therein, and an agent cannot…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Franz Hartman was the owner of a house and lot in Hot Springs, worth $700 or $800. As he expected to be absent for a long time in Colorado, he left this property in charge of his wife, it being their residence, and also left with her a paper writing signed and acknowledged by himself and wife, and purporting to convey the premises; but the name of the grantee and the amount of the consideration were in blank. The design was to enable her more readily to sell the property and to save the trouble and delay consequent upon forwarding to him in Colorado a deed for his execution and its return. It…
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- Viser v. RiceTexas Supreme Court · 1870
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