Moore v. Oates
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; Plaintiff was not an innocent purchaser. Defendants were in actual possession and plaintiff knew it and saw the improvements defendants had made and saw them living in the houses on the land and inquiry would have disclosed their title.
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Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; Plaintiff was not an innocent purchaser. Defendants were in actual possession and plaintiff knew it and saw the improvements defendants had made and saw them living in the houses on the land and inquiry would have disclosed their title. Actual possession under an unrecorded deed is notice. 90 Ark. 149; 54 Id. 281; 96 Id. 512, 520; 101 Id. 163. 1. The burden is on appellants to show that the findings of the chancellor are against the preponderance of the evidence, and they have signally failed. Appellee Oates used due care in…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This appeal involves two entirely separate controversies between appellee on the one side and appellants Mooré and Buckner on the other side concerning the title to two different tracts of land claimed respectively by appellants.
Appellee brought two separate actions against the two appellants, or rather the three appellants, Paralee Moore, the wife of appellant, Isom Moore, being joined as a defendant in the suit against him. The actions were originally instituted at law, but without objection were transferred to the chancery court and were consolidated and proceeded there to final decree,…
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