Legal Opinion

Ward v. Adams

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided May 5, 1999No. CA 98-754PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John B. Robbins, Chief Judge.

This case concerns a boundary-line dispute. Appellant Ode Ward appeals the order of a Craighead County chancellor that dismissed Ward’s 1996 complaint against appellees Mike Adams, his wife Rebecca Adams, and Buddy Frank Smith, which asserted that Ward had acquired ownership of a disputed thirty-foot strip of property by acquiescence or by adverse possession. Appellant argues that this finding of the chancellor was clearly erroneous. We disagree and affirm.

Chancery cases are reviewed de novo on appeal. Lammey v. Eckel, 62 Ark. App. 208, 970 S.W.2d 307 (1998). We…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Holaday v. FrakerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  2. Summers v. DietschCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1993
  3. Moses v. DautartasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1996
  4. Rabjohn v. AshcraftSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
  5. Warren v. CollierSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Hedger Bros. Cement & Materials, Inc. v. StumpCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2000
  2. McWilliams v. SchmidtCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2001
  3. Clark v. CasebierCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2005
  4. Boyd v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2007
  5. Thurlkill v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2010

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