Beck v. Anderson-Tully Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crittenden Chancery Court; Charles D. Frierson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee was the owner of 320 acres of land, described as follows: West half of section 6, township 3 north, range 7 east, in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
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Appeal from Crittenden Chancery Court; Charles D. Frierson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee was the owner of 320 acres of land, described as follows: West half of section 6, township 3 north, range 7 east, in Crittenden County, Arkansas. This land had been sold for levee taxes under an act of the Legislature creating the St. Francis Levee District, in 1893, and Amendatory Act No. 262, approved May 24, 1909, providing for a proceeding m rem. in the chancery court for the collection of the delinquent assessments against such lands. The act, among other things, provides that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). The proceeding in tke ckancery court to sell tke lands for tke delinquent assessments under tke provisions of tke amendatory act of May 24, 1909, was made “a proceeding m rem.”
In order to give tke ckancery court jurisdiction over tke particular tract of land in controversy, it was essential that tke board file a complaint in which tke lands were described witk sufficient certainty to enable tke clerk to give tke notice in tke form prescribed by tke statute, describing tke lands witk suck accuracy that tke alleged owners and all other persons claiming any…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Crittenden Lumber Co. v. McDougalSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Cooper v. LeeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- McCarter v. NeilSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
3Cited by9 opinions
- Brinkley v. HalliburtonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- Board of Directors St. Francis Levee Dist. v. KurnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Greene County v. Clay CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
- Wilkerson v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
- Guy v. StanfieldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
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