Buckner v. Sugg
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court; Edward, D. Robertson, Chancellor; statement by the court. . The plaintiffs, IT. A. Suggs and others, are the owners of fractional section 7, township 15 north, range 13 east, in Mississippi County, containing 358 acres, as shown by the original government survey, and bordering upon Buford’s Bake, a body of water meandered and platted upon said public survey.
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Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court; Edward, D. Robertson, Chancellor; statement by the court. . The plaintiffs, IT. A. Suggs and others, are the owners of fractional section 7, township 15 north, range 13 east, in Mississippi County, containing 358 acres, as shown by the original government survey, and bordering upon Buford’s Bake, a body of water meandered and platted upon said public survey. The land in controversy was formerly within the bed of said lake, which became uncovered many years ago by gradual recession of the waters, and is claimed by the owners of said section 7 by virtue…
1Opinion of the Court
McCueeoch, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Appellant contends that the sole question raised by the pleadings is that the land in controversy was not subject to taxation because it “was unsurveyed land lying within Buford’s Lake.” The complaint sets forth all the facts concerning the location, etc., of the land, and therefore presents for our consideration, not only the question just stated, but also the further one, now insisted upon by appellee, that the description of the land was so imperfect that the assessment and sale were void.
The first-named question is easily disposed of in favor of…
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