LeSieur v. Spikes
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court; John W. Meeks, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Plaintiffs brought an 'action of ejectment for certain lands in Randolph County, claiming to be the owners of two-thirds thereof ias children and heirs of their mother, Dixie LeSieur, who died in 1900, leaving surviving her, plaintiffs and Ethel Cowdry, her only heirs at law. 1 Defendant denied that plaintiffs were the heirs of said Dixie LeSieur, and that he was in the unlawful possession of…
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Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court; John W. Meeks, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Plaintiffs brought an 'action of ejectment for certain lands in Randolph County, claiming to be the owners of two-thirds thereof ias children and heirs of their mother, Dixie LeSieur, who died in 1900, leaving surviving her, plaintiffs and Ethel Cowdry, her only heirs at law. 1 Defendant denied that plaintiffs were the heirs of said Dixie LeSieur, and that he was in the unlawful possession of the property, and alleged further that Sarah C. Fisher, who is also grantor of Dixie LeSieur, the mother of plaintiffs,…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). The agreed statement of facts ¡shows that Sarah C. Fisher was the common source of title, that she conveyed the lands on March 11, 1879, to Dixie LeSieur, “and the legal heirs of her body;” that ¡she later on February 8, 1882, conveyed the lands by warranty deed to Jabez C. Smythe, defendant’s grantor and that plaintiffs mother, Dixie LeSieur on the same date, before they were born also made him a quitclaim deed to the lands. Their mother died in 1900, leaving them surviving two of the three legal heirs of her body, they being of the ¡ages of nineteen ¡and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Horsley v. HilburnSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
- Ogden v. OgdenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- Dempsey v. DavisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Watson v. HardinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Wilmans v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1900
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