Special School District No. 5 v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court, Chickasawba District; Archer Wheatley, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. Act 465 of the Acts of 1919, passed on the 28th of March, 1919, provided “that the school district of Special School District No. 5 of Mississippi County, Arkansas, be authorized to sell and convey by warranty deed a fee simple title to the SE14 and Ey2 of the SW14 of section 16, township 15 north, range 11 east, Mississippi County, Arkansas, and to reinvest the…
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Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court, Chickasawba District; Archer Wheatley, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. Act 465 of the Acts of 1919, passed on the 28th of March, 1919, provided “that the school district of Special School District No. 5 of Mississippi County, Arkansas, be authorized to sell and convey by warranty deed a fee simple title to the SE14 and Ey2 of the SW14 of section 16, township 15 north, range 11 east, Mississippi County, Arkansas, and to reinvest the money obtained from such sale. Section 2 of the act provided: “That the lands may be disposed of by the directors after…
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, J.,
(after stating the facts). The lands in suit are part of section 16, township 15 north, range 11 east, immediately south of and adjacent to the town of Blytheville, which were granted to the State of Arkansas by the act of Congress, approved June 23, 1836, supplementary to the act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union.
The act provided: “That the section numbering 16 in every township, and when such section has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, or as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the State, for the use of the…
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