Vernon v. McEntire

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

This is the second appeal involving the same parties and the same 80 acres of land in Jefferson County. In the first opinion (Vernon v. McEntire, 232 Ark. 74, 339 S. W. 2d 855) it was held that Luchers Vernon and his wife had the right to redeem the land from the McEntires. The background facts are set forth in that opinion.

When the mandate on the first opinion was filed in the trial court no further pleadings were filed by either party. At the beginning of the second hearing the trial court correctly stated the issues in the following language :

“The sole question…