Hutchinson v. Ozark Land Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court in Chancery, Rastern District. James R. Riddick, Judge. The Ozark Land Company, a corporation, sued J. W. Hutchinson and others to remove, as a cloud upon its title to certain land situated in the eastern district of Clay county, certain conveyances to defendants depending upon a sale of the land for the taxes of the year 1886.-The court adjudged that the tax sale was void by reason of an unequal leyy of taxes for county purposes.
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court in Chancery, Rastern District. James R. Riddick, Judge. The Ozark Land Company, a corporation, sued J. W. Hutchinson and others to remove, as a cloud upon its title to certain land situated in the eastern district of Clay county, certain conveyances to defendants depending upon a sale of the land for the taxes of the year 1886.-The court adjudged that the tax sale was void by reason of an unequal leyy of taxes for county purposes. The defendants have appealed. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. It is conceded that taxation should be…
1Opinion of the CourtMansRiRRD, J.
By an act of the general assembly, approved February 23, 1881, two judicial districts were formed out of the territory embraced within the boundaries of Clay county, and provision was made for holding' in each of them separate terms of the circuit and probate courts. One of these districts is called the “ eastern district,” ahd includes the county seat. The other is called the “western district,” and embraces about one-third of the territory of the county. The 18th section of the act is as follows : ‘ ‘ The clerk * * * * shall keep two financial records, in one of which he shall keep a true…
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