Davis v. Goodman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court. Grant Green, Jr., Judge. The judgment is void for uncertainty. The suit as to Mrs. Goodman was only as to the house, and the judgment is in her favor for the whole quarter section of land, except a portion of the field which is indefinitely and uncertainly described. Judgment cannot be broader than the issues made. 1 Black, Judg., secs. 138-141. An uncertain reservation makes all pass under the grant. 11 So. 834. The appellee, fro se.
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Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court. Grant Green, Jr., Judge. The judgment is void for uncertainty. The suit as to Mrs. Goodman was only as to the house, and the judgment is in her favor for the whole quarter section of land, except a portion of the field which is indefinitely and uncertainly described. Judgment cannot be broader than the issues made. 1 Black, Judg., secs. 138-141. An uncertain reservation makes all pass under the grant. 11 So. 834. The appellee, fro se. The action was for S. W. k sec. 11. The judgment is on the issues made, which involved the whole quarter section. The…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is an action of unlawful detainer, instituted by appellant, D. Davis, against the appellees, Francis Goodman, Marion Parker, and George Parker, to recover the possession of the southwest quarter of section eleven (11), in township four (4) north, of range five (5) east, in St. Francis county; the complaint alleging ownership in the plaintiff, tenancy and possession under him by defendants of a house on said land for the years 1887 and 1888, and a holding over without right after the termination of said tenancy, and after due notice given in writing and demand of possession by plaintiff.…
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