Riddle v. Williams

Appellee brought this suit in ejectment against appellant in the Poinsett circuit court to recover possession of lot 1, block 1 of Little River Addition to the town of Marked Tree. Appellant answered, setting up a number of defenses, and upon his motion the cause was transferred to the' chancery court. The chancellor held that appellee’s title was paramount, declined to allow appellant any sum for improvements or taxes, and ordered a writ of possession, from which decree appellant has appealed to this court.

The evidence showed that Maggie Williams, appellee’s mother,'owned the property 'in…