Barfield Mercantile Co. v. Connery
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasawba District; R. H. Dudley, Judge; The title passed when the deed was delivered.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasawba District; R. H. Dudley, Judge; The title passed when the deed was delivered. The presumption is that a deed is delivered the date of its execution. 61 Ark. 104. The deeds, being absolute on their face and containing no reservation, transferred the rent with the reversion, and such rights as appellee had before conveyance. _ 10 Ark. 9. The fee simple title to land carries with it the right to its absolute dominion. 92 Ark. 315. Where land is rented and the reversion is transferred by the lessor, the right to the rent thereafter to become due…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellee was the plaintiff below in this action to recover rents on lands alleged to be due for the year 1918 under a written contract. The case was tried before the court on an agreed statement of facts. The farm which constituted the subject-matter of the lease contract was owned by appellee' and-others as tenants in common. Appellee owned an undivided 1-6 thereof; D. H. Wilhite and W. O. Anthony, owned an undivided 1/2 thereof, and two other persons, whose names are not disclosed in this record, owned the other 2/6 interest. Appellant leased the land from'the owners for a period of 5 years…
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