Bradley Lumber Co. v. Langford
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Bradley Chancery Court; Zachariah T. Wood, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This was an action instituted by appellees against appellants in the Bradley Chancery Court to cancel certain deeds executed by the State Land Commissioner to B. F. Gardner in 1903. , On February 10,1858, J. R. Langford acquired title to the lands in controversy by patent from the State, based upon the swamp and overflow land act.
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Appeal from Bradley Chancery Court; Zachariah T. Wood, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This was an action instituted by appellees against appellants in the Bradley Chancery Court to cancel certain deeds executed by the State Land Commissioner to B. F. Gardner in 1903. , On February 10,1858, J. R. Langford acquired title to the lands in controversy by patent from the State, based upon the swamp and overflow land act. Langford died on the 1st day of March, 1885, leaving surviving him appellees, as his only heirs at law. In 1869 the lands were forfeited to the State for the nonpayment of…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). It is conceded that the sale of the lands for the nonpayment of the taxes of 1868 was void. Mrs. Lucy Ricks, one of thb appellants, paid the taxes for 1904 on March 25, 1905, and continued to pay the taxes for each successive year thereafter until the present suit was instituted, which was on April 29,1911. In the case of Updegraff v. Marked Tree Lumber Co., 83 Ark. 154, the court, in discussing the question of title acquired by payment of taxes on unimproved and unenclosed land, said:
“And we think it necessarily follows from that conclusion that there must…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Updegraff v. Marked Tree Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Tatum v. Arkansas Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Chancellor v. BanksSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Bradley Lumber Co. v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
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