Dunbar v. Bourland
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Prohibition to Crawford Chancery Court; J. Virgil Bourland, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a petition for writ of prohibition against the chancery court of Crawford County and the Hon. J. V. Bourland, chancellor, seeking to prohibit the court and the chancellor from proceeding to- entertain jurisdiction of a suit therein pending wherein E. C. Dunbar is plaintiff and W. T. Dunbar is defendant.
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Prohibition to Crawford Chancery Court; J. Virgil Bourland, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a petition for writ of prohibition against the chancery court of Crawford County and the Hon. J. V. Bourland, chancellor, seeking to prohibit the court and the chancellor from proceeding to- entertain jurisdiction of a suit therein pending wherein E. C. Dunbar is plaintiff and W. T. Dunbar is defendant. The material facts are as follows: W. T. Dunbar filed a suit in the Crawford Circuit Court against E. C. Dunbar, alleging that the plaintiff and defendant were joint owners in fee simple of…
1Opinion of the Court
Hirr, C. J.,
(after stating the facts). W. T. Dunbar filed a suit for partition in Crawford Circuit Court against E. C. Dunbar, seeking a partition of a farm owned jointly by them known as the “Sharp Earm.” E- C. Dunbar answered, and asked a transfer to the chancery court. The transfer was denied, and he excepted, and the cause was continued for the term. Thereafter, and before the next term of the circuit court, E. C. Dunbar filed suit in the Crawford Chancery Court against W. T. Dunbar, alleging that they had purchased the Sharp Earm in co-partnership, and thereafter conducted a farming…
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