Mason v. Jarrett

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendants (Mason and Wright) seeking to reverse a judgment rendered against them in an action of ejectment.

In June, 1949, appellee, as plaintiff, filed this action, claiming to be the owner and entitled to the possession of “all that part of the Northeast Quarter of section 23. 1 . . . lying north of the drainage canal in . . . Mississippi County, Arkansas.” He alleged that he acquired title by duly recorded deed from Z. B. Harrison, dated March 13,1943, and that the defendants had wrongfully held possession since February, 1948. The…