Simms v. Rolfe

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether Susie Chew acquired title to all that part of the northeast quarter of section 8 lying west of the St. Francis River, in township 5 north of range 4 east, in the county of St. Francis, containing 40 acres, more or less, by quitclaim deed from S. H. Mann, for a consideration of $150, of date March 28, 1918, who had purchased same at a levee tax sale on December 5, 1914, for delinquent levee taxes. The forty-acre tract in question was owned by William Simms, the first husband of Susie Chew, when he died in the year 1901. She subsequently…