Legal Opinion

Benedict v. Arbor Acres Farm, Inc.

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 23, 1979No. 78-332PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Frank Holt, Justice.

Appellee’s deed to the appellants allegedly failed to include a complete legal description of the land (54 acres) purchased, omitting 7.995 acres. Appellee refused to deed the asserted omitted acreage to appellants. When appellants defaulted on their first mortgage payments, held by American Savings & Loan, it sued to foreclose on June 24, 1977, naming both appellants and appellee, the second mortgagee, as defendants. On August 23, 1977, appellee crossclaimed against appellants for default of payments on their purchase money second mortgage. Appellants answered on August…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Shrieves v. YarbroughSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
  2. Hallum v. DickinsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
  3. Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
  4. Huffman v. City of Hot SpringsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1964
  5. May v. Exxon CorporationSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Middleton v. LockhartSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  2. Swofford v. StaffordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  3. Spears v. State Farm Fire & Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
  4. Wells v. HeathSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  5. Magness v. McEntireSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991

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