Matthews v. Williamson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor; STATEMENT OE EAOTS. Mrs. Helen Howard Williamson brought this suit in equity against Justin Matthews to quiet the title to a certain section of land in Miller County, Arkansas. The land in question was originally internal improvement land.
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Appeal from Miller Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor; STATEMENT OE EAOTS. Mrs. Helen Howard Williamson brought this suit in equity against Justin Matthews to quiet the title to a certain section of land in Miller County, Arkansas. The land in question was originally internal improvement land. On December 14, 1855, it was sold by the State of Arkansas to S. H. Hempstead and Benjamin P. Jett, who gave their note for the purchase price in the sum of $800. On June 7, 1857, they made a payment. of $130 and on October 6,1859, they made another payment of $100. The balance of the purchase…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). It is the contention of counsel for the defendant that the decree rendered by the Pulaski Chancery Court in 1873 in the case of State v. Hempstead and Jett, seeking to foreclose the lien of the State against them for the unpaid purchase money, is absolutely void. The statute authorizing proceedings by the State for the foreclosure of land, where the land was sold on a credit may be found in Gantt’s Digest, sections 3994-3998.
Section 3994 of Gantt’s Digest provides that if the return upon a process directed to the county in which the land is located shows that the…
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