Landon v. Morris
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court in Chancery, Fort Smith District. Styles T. Rowe, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.
Appellee filed his. complaint in equity against appellants, claiming title to. an undivided one-third of the real estate described, alleging that appellants own the other two-thirds, and praying for partition. The defendants answered, denying that plaintiff had any title to or interest in the lands.
Appellants invoke the rule, established and repeatedly adhered to by the decisions of this court, that partition cannot be had, in a court of equity, of lands held adversely. Criscoe v. Hambrick, 47 Ark. 235; Moore v. Gordon, 44 Ark. 334; London v. Overby, 40 Ark. 155; Byers v. Danly, 27 Ark. 77.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Moore v. GordonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
- Criscoe v. HambrickSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
- Byers v. DanleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1871
- London v. OverbySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1882
- Tatum v. CroomSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
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