Singer v. Naron
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Bradley Circuit Court; Henry W. Wells, Judge; STATEMENT by the court. Jefferson Singer died intestate at Hermitage, in Bradley County, Ark., on the 18th of November, 1873, owning about 800 acres of land on which he resided. He left surviving him his widow and seven children, who continued to reside on the land. A. J. Singer was put in charge of the land by his mother, and he managed it for five years.
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Appeal from Bradley Circuit Court; Henry W. Wells, Judge; STATEMENT by the court. Jefferson Singer died intestate at Hermitage, in Bradley County, Ark., on the 18th of November, 1873, owning about 800 acres of land on which he resided. He left surviving him his widow and seven children, who continued to reside on the land. A. J. Singer was put in charge of the land by his mother, and he managed it for five years. In November, 1878, he left Bradley County, riding a horse which he said belonged to the family. He first went to Louisiana, and then to Texas. At infrequent intervals he wrote to…
1Opinion of the Court
PIart, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The principal question for the decision of the court is whether or not the plaintiff was barred of his right of recovery by the adverse possession of the defendants and their grantors. The general rule is that the possession of one tenant in common is the possession of his ootenant, but it is equally well settled that when one tenant in common can disseize another the difficulty is in determining what acts should constitute such disseizin or ouster. In the case of Watson v. Hardin, 97 Ark. 33, this court held: “Where, in a suit to quiet title by one…
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