Craig v. Hedges
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ashley Chancery Court; Zachariah T. Wood, Chancellor; 1. The legal status of the parties and the property involved was fixed when this suit was brought, September 13, 1898. 57 Ark. 231; 40 Am. St. Rep.
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Appeal from Ashley Chancery Court; Zachariah T. Wood, Chancellor; 1. The legal status of the parties and the property involved was fixed when this suit was brought, September 13, 1898. 57 Ark. 231; 40 Am. St. Rep. (Ky.) 184. The lis pendens statute of March 7, 1903, Kirby’s Digest, § 5149, .has no application to the questions involved in this suit; and the pendency of the suit precluded the acquirement of title, under the seven year statute of 1899, by payment of taxes after the suit was brought. 2. No laches is shown. The testimony as to actual sales of lands in the immediate neighborhood up…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
On September 13, 1898, Sarah Nordlinger and others, plaintiffs, who were originally the owners, under mesne conveyance from the United States government, of the lands in controversy, instituted suit in chancery court of Ashley County against numerous defendants, including appellees, to quiet their title, alleging that said defendants claimed title to the lands under various instruments purporting to be tax deeds, which were void, but constituted clouds on the title of the true ■owners. A warning order was issued and published against certain of the defendants, who were non-residents, but who…
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