Inman v. Quirey
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court, Eastern District; George T. Humphries, Chancellor; 1. Appellant held actual possesion under a tax title for more than two years. Kirby’s Digest, § 5061; 79 Ark. 364. 2. Appellees are barred by laches. 20 Ark. 381; 73 Am.
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Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court, Eastern District; George T. Humphries, Chancellor; 1. Appellant held actual possesion under a tax title for more than two years. Kirby’s Digest, § 5061; 79 Ark. 364. 2. Appellees are barred by laches. 20 Ark. 381; 73 Am. Dec. 497; 38 Cyc. 4041; 123 La. 835; 49 So. 590. 3. In any event the decree should be modified so as to permit recovery by each of the plaintiffs of the interest only, which the evidence shows each of them to have had at the time the suit was filed,, and not to include the interest deeded to them by Baker and Sloan before the filing of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). (1) Squire Holman owned the lands in controversy as his homestead at the time of his death. About two years after his death his widow, Mrs. M. E. Holman, married a man named Jones. She still continued to reside upon the land with some of her children. At the time the lands were sold for taxes on June 11,1906, for the taxes of 1905, Mrs. M. E. Jones resided on the land with her son, Gus Holman. She had a life estate in the lands by virtue of her homestead interest. She had the exclusive right to the possession of the lands and it was her duty to pay the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Dubois v. CampauMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
- Clements v. CatesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
- Graham v. RemmelSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Cocks v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
- Brittin v. HandySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1859
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Woolfolk v. DavisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1955
- Avera v. BanksSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
- Spikes v. BeloateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
- Vesper v. WoolseySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1960
- Galloway v. BattagliaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
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