Arbuckle v. Matthews
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Chancery Court. Edward D. Robertson. Chancellor. Mrs. Eula J. Arbuckle brought suit against Matthews & Whittaker to quiet the title to section 36, township 15 north, range 6 east.
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Appeal from Craighead Chancery Court. Edward D. Robertson. Chancellor. Mrs. Eula J. Arbuckle brought suit against Matthews & Whittaker to quiet the title to section 36, township 15 north, range 6 east. To establish her title, plaintiff relied upon a certificate of entry of the land as swamp land by John W. Lumpkin in 1852; upon a patent certificate alleged to have been issued by the State on August 30, i860, to David C. Cross, as assignee of John W. Lumpkin, which certificate, on April 15, 1861, was assigned by said Cross to Joseph C. Williams, and was recorded September 25, 1883; and upon a…
1Opinion of the CourtHiel, C. J.
1. On April 20, 1852, the board of swamp land commissioners at Helena issued a certificate of entry to John W. Lumpkin, inter alia, to the land in controversy. This is the common source of title of appellant and appellees; the appellant contending her title is senior and paramount to appellees. An essential link in the chain of appellant’s title is a patent certificate from the State to David C. Cross as assignee of Lumpkin. That the administrator of Lumpkin assigned it to Cross is shown, the point of dispute being whether Cross obtained the State’s title, or an equitable right thereto,…
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