Legal Opinion

Skelly Oil Company v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 15, 1946No. 4-7843PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ed. F. MoFaddin, Justice.

This appeal involves the title to the surface and to the minerals of three 40-acre tracts in Columbia county. Even though the tracts are contiguous, there are different matter's concerning the title of each; so it will make for clarity to consider each tract separately.

Tract No. 1 — SE%, NW%, Sec. 35

Before detailing the onset and result of the litigation in the chancery court, and before considering the questions here at issue, we will give, by numbered paragraphs, the history of the title of this tract up to the trial in the chancery court.

Title History of Tract No.…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. v. Salling's HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  2. Bodcaw Lumber Co. v. GoodeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
  3. Claybrooke v. BarnesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1929
  4. Carpentier v. BrenhamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1870
  5. Osceola Land Co. v. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1907

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Schnitt v. McKellarSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
  2. National Surety Corporation v. Inland Properties, Inc.District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1968
  3. Mitchell v. EspinosaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1952
  4. Taylor v. ScottSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
  5. Middleton v. Western Coal and Mining CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1965

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