Sanders v. Carpenter
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The plaintiff brought suit against the defendants to cancel and set aside his conveyance of a certain lot in Blytheville to the defendants upon the following complaint, alleging: “That in August, 1909, M. P. Carpenter, one of the defendants, herein, showed to this plaintiff a tract of land covered with merchantable timber in Chickasawba District, Mississippi County, Arkansas, and…
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Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The plaintiff brought suit against the defendants to cancel and set aside his conveyance of a certain lot in Blytheville to the defendants upon the following complaint, alleging: “That in August, 1909, M. P. Carpenter, one of the defendants, herein, showed to this plaintiff a tract of land covered with merchantable timber in Chickasawba District, Mississippi County, Arkansas, and represented to said plaintiff that said land and timber was the property of M. P. Carpenter, defendant, and that same…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). The complaint alleges that M. P. Carpenter showed to the plaintiff a certain tract of land in Mississippi County, covered with merchantable timber, and represented to him that said land and timber was his property. That plaintiff was ignorant of the location of the timber, and believed that same was located on said land as represented to him by said Carpenter, “although said Carpenter, at the time he made such representation, well knew that the timber shown to this plaintiff was on lands belonging to the United States, and was a part of what is known on…
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