Wilmans v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was brought by appellees to recover possession of certain lands in Jackson county.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was brought by appellees to recover possession of certain lands in Jackson county. They deraign title from the government to one Nathaniel Williams, and claim directly from him under a deed which is as follows: “This deed of conveyance, made this, the 25th day of July, 1862, witnesseth that Nathaniel C. Williams, of Jackson county, State of Arkansas, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to him in hand paid, and for the esteem and regard he has for Martha Ann Arnndell, has this day granted, bargained and sold,…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The only question is, does the granting clause, “do grant, bargain, sell and convey unto Martha Ann Arundell, and her bodily heirs,” convey to the grantee an estate in fee or in tail?
Section 700, Sand. & H. Dig., is as follows: “In cases when by common law any person may hereafter become seized in fee tail of any lands or tenements, by virtue of any ’devise, gift, grant, or other conveyance, such person, instead of being or becoming seized thereof in fee tail, shall be adjudged to be and become seized thereof for his natural life only, and the remainder…
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