Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad v. Hardenbrook
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error from, Marshall District Court. On June 24,1875, the defendant in error, Marcus Harden-, brook, commenced an action in the district court of Marshall county against the plaintiff in error, The Central Branch, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Ralph M. Pomeroy, Effingham H. Nichols and Henry Day, to compel them to convey to him the northwest quarter of section 21, in township 1, of range 8, east of the sixth principal meridian, in said county of Marshall, on certain…
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Error from, Marshall District Court. On June 24,1875, the defendant in error, Marcus Harden-, brook, commenced an action in the district court of Marshall county against the plaintiff in error, The Central Branch, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Ralph M. Pomeroy, Effingham H. Nichols and Henry Day, to compel them to convey to him the northwest quarter of section 21, in township 1, of range 8, east of the sixth principal meridian, in said county of Marshall, on certain grounds set forth in the petition filed in the action. The defendants in the court below demurred to said petition, but…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Yalentine, J.:
The only question presented for our consideration in this case is, whether or not the defendant in •error, Marcus Hardenbrook, is entitled to the benefit of any • of the provisions of the occupying-claimant law. We must .answer this question in the negative. The only portion of .said law under which the defendant claims any right, is that portion which extends the benefit thereof to any person “being in quiet possession of any lands or tenements for-which .such person can show a plain and connected title in law or ■equity, derived from…
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