Tatum v. Croom
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, in Chancery, Greenwood District. Edgar E. Bryant, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant, M. T. Tatum, brought suit before a justice of the peace of Sebastian county against appellee, G. N. Croom, and had a writ of attachment issued. The constable to whom the writ of attachment was delivered, not finding any personal property, levied the same upon real estate, and made his return to that effect.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, in Chancery, Greenwood District. Edgar E. Bryant, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant, M. T. Tatum, brought suit before a justice of the peace of Sebastian county against appellee, G. N. Croom, and had a writ of attachment issued. The constable to whom the writ of attachment was delivered, not finding any personal property, levied the same upon real estate, and made his return to that effect. Afterwards the justice of the peace rendered judgment in said suit against Croom for $23.30 and costs, and sustained the attachment. A transcript of this…
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
(after stating the facts.) The only question for us to determine in the case is whether there was a sufficient description of the land in controversy in the sheriff’s deed, and in the proceedings upon which the same is based. The constable who levied the writ of attachment described the land in his return as follows, to-wit: “The NE. part of SE. k of SE. k of section 16, township 6 north, range 30 west, 20.36 acres ; also NE. part of SW. | of SE. k of said section, township and range, containing 2.95.”
This description was copied into the judgment of the justice, the order of sale by the…
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