Haggart v. Ranney
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court. Felix G. Taylor, Judge. The cause was erroneously transferred. Sand. & H. Dig. § § 5618, 5889',-55 S. W. 548; 32 S. W. 599. Plaintiffs’ exceptions to the title of defendants should have been sustained. The possession of a mere squatter, who' neither claims through any one else, nor on his own account, is the possession of the real owner; and the court erred in refusing the instructions prayed upon the point. 2 Blackw.
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Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court. Felix G. Taylor, Judge. The cause was erroneously transferred. Sand. & H. Dig. § § 5618, 5889',-55 S. W. 548; 32 S. W. 599. Plaintiffs’ exceptions to the title of defendants should have been sustained. The possession of a mere squatter, who' neither claims through any one else, nor on his own account, is the possession of the real owner; and the court erred in refusing the instructions prayed upon the point. 2 Blackw. Tax Tit. § 895. The two years statute does not run in favor of a purchaser at a tax sale until he gets his deed. 80 N. W. 37; Blackwell, Tax…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCueeoch, J.
Appellants, Haggart and McMaster, commenced this suit in the chancery court against appellees, Ranney, Olney and others, claiming to be the owners and in possession of the land in controversy, section 26, township 16 north, range 7 east, and praying that the deeds held by appellees be cancelled as clouds upon their title, and that appellees be restrained from asserting title or right of possession to the land. Appellants claim title as follows: That a certificate of entry was issued by the State to one Fowlkes in 1855, who assigned to E. E. Clarke, and .the land was patented to Clarke as such…
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- Hunnicutt v. PeytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Lessee of Clarke v. CourtneySupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Eldridge v. KuehlSupreme Court of Iowa · 1869
- Turner v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Ringo v. WoodruffSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
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