Wimberly v. Norman

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellants are the widow and heirs of R. W. Wimberly who died intestate in 1947. Appellees are the heirs and devisees of George Norman and E. W. Gates, deceased.

Appellants brought this suit against appellees to quiet their title to a 40-acre tract of land described as the NE% of the SE% of section 18, township 17 south, range 8 west, in Ashley County, Arkansas. They alleged that R. W. Wimberly acquired title by warranty deed executed in 1902 and by adverse possession of the tract from that date until his death in 1947. They also alleged that a tax deed to the land…