Fletcher v. Lyon
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Woodruff Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; No time being mentioned for cutting and removing the timber, the vendee should be held to have a reasonable time. 77 Ark. 16. The words “any time” were used in a restricted sense. 66 Ark. 472; 145 Mass. 156. It" means a reasonable time. 77 Ark. 116; 164 Pa. 234; 128 N. C. 46; 78 Ark. 408. The effect of the reservation and agreement to reconvey are not to nullify the grant of the fee. 82 Ark. 210; 93 S. W.…
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Appeal from Woodruff Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; No time being mentioned for cutting and removing the timber, the vendee should be held to have a reasonable time. 77 Ark. 16. The words “any time” were used in a restricted sense. 66 Ark. 472; 145 Mass. 156. It" means a reasonable time. 77 Ark. 116; 164 Pa. 234; 128 N. C. 46; 78 Ark. 408. The effect of the reservation and agreement to reconvey are not to nullify the grant of the fee. 82 Ark. 210; 93 S. W. 979. The title passes independent of these covenants. 44 Ark. 160. The intention of the parties should be gathered from…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCurroch, C. J.
There are two cases here between the same adversary parties, each involving the construction of a separate instrument of writing, and each action was instituted by B. A. Fletcher and T. M. Fletcher against Thomas R. Lyon; but each controversy grows out of the same. transaction, and they are so interwoven that both cases can, and should for convenience, be disposed of in one opinion.
Pursuant to prior negotiations, on May xi, 1900, the plaintiffs executed and delivered three deeds of conveyance to Thomas R. Lyon. By the first deed plaintiffs conveyed to said Lyon in fee simple about six…
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