Warren & Ouachita Valley Railroad v. Garrison
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Bradley Circuit Court in Chancery. The deed in controversy granted a permanent and unqualified right of way. 16 Gray, 309; 58 Me. 73; 59 Pa. St. 340; 39 Ga. 202; 56 Texas, 17; 78 Ky. 257; 37 Oh. 262; 98 Ill. 222; 47 Mich. 130; 58 Miss. 110; 71 Ind. 434; 48 Wis. 529; 69 Me. 310; 61 Ga. 248; 6 Barb. 386; 20 Barb. 455; 16 Gray, 309; 58 Me. 73; 59 Pa. St. 340; 16 Gray, 327; 48 Am. Rep. 376; 109 Mass. 119; 2 Dev.
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Appeal from Bradley Circuit Court in Chancery. The deed in controversy granted a permanent and unqualified right of way. 16 Gray, 309; 58 Me. 73; 59 Pa. St. 340; 39 Ga. 202; 56 Texas, 17; 78 Ky. 257; 37 Oh. 262; 98 Ill. 222; 47 Mich. 130; 58 Miss. 110; 71 Ind. 434; 48 Wis. 529; 69 Me. 310; 61 Ga. 248; 6 Barb. 386; 20 Barb. 455; 16 Gray, 309; 58 Me. 73; 59 Pa. St. 340; 16 Gray, 327; 48 Am. Rep. 376; 109 Mass. 119; 2 Dev. Deeds, § 997; 7 Allen, 125; 71 Ark. 153. The deed was properly executed, and proper consideration passed. 22 Am. St. Rep. 426; 13 Id. 200; 31 Ark. 174; 26 Ark. 31; 28 Ind. 26;…
1Opinion of the CourtBattue, J.
This is a suit to cancel a certain deed by Susan B. Garrison to S. L. Howard and deed by Howard to Warren & Ouachita Valley Railroad Company.
On the 7th day of November, 1895, Mrs. Susan B. Garrison conveyed to Howard a right of way for a wooden tramway over certain lands belonging to her. A tramway was constructed. Afterward, on the 26th day of May, 1899, Howard conveyed the right of way to the railroad company, and it laid an iron and steel track over the same for running locomotives and trains, and used, and is now using, it for that purpose. This suit is instituted to set aside the deeds…
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