Crawford County Bank v. Baker
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court; Jeptha H. Evans, Judge; The 'burden was on appellee to establish a breach of covenants, and to show the existence of a paramount outstanding title. 11 Cyc. 1152-3; 33 Ark. 833; 47 Ark. 300; 74 Ark. 202. When a party complies with all the requisites necessary to entitle him to a patent, a subsequent grant of the same land to another is void. 98 U. S. 121; 101 U. S. 260; 49 Ark. 88: 9 How. 333; 44 Ark. 452; 31 Ark. 279; 26 Ark. 54; 76 Ark.…
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Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court; Jeptha H. Evans, Judge; The 'burden was on appellee to establish a breach of covenants, and to show the existence of a paramount outstanding title. 11 Cyc. 1152-3; 33 Ark. 833; 47 Ark. 300; 74 Ark. 202. When a party complies with all the requisites necessary to entitle him to a patent, a subsequent grant of the same land to another is void. 98 U. S. 121; 101 U. S. 260; 49 Ark. 88: 9 How. 333; 44 Ark. 452; 31 Ark. 279; 26 Ark. 54; 76 Ark. 525; 80 Ark. 365; 176 U. S. 448; 57 Fed. 516; 13 Wall. 72. No right of action ever accrued to appellee. 74 Ark. 350; 7…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is an action at law instituted by J. W. Baker against the Crawford County Bank to recover damages for alleged breach of covenants of warranty of title to land conveyed by deed. The defendant executed to one T. B. Baker on December 21, 1903, a deed with full covenants of warranty of title, etc., purporting to convey, for a consideration of $275, a certain described forty-acre tract of land situated in Crawford County, Arkansas. On December 26, 1903, T. B. Baker conveyed the land to plaintiff, J. W. Baker. The defendant had previously, on Oecember 22, 1900, entered into a written contract…
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