Jones v. Temple
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Bradley Chancery Court; Z. T. Wood, Chancellor, 1. Appellee can prevail only on the strength of her own title, not on the weakness of the appellants. 89 Ark. 289; 90 Ark. 420; 97 Ark. 368; 8 Michie’s Ene. Dig., Ark.
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Appeal from Bradley Chancery Court; Z. T. Wood, Chancellor, 1. Appellee can prevail only on the strength of her own title, not on the weakness of the appellants. 89 Ark. 289; 90 Ark. 420; 97 Ark. 368; 8 Michie’s Ene. Dig., Ark. Rep., 403, § 6. Where it can be gathered from the whole record that a sale of land of an estate pursuant to an order of the probate court had the approbation of the court, no formal order of approval was necessary. 72 Ark. 339, 342; 76 Ark. 146, 149. 2. Appellee’s claim is stale. Even if the proceedings of the probate court evidencing the sale of the lands of the W. K.…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
Effie Temple instituted- this action in the chancery court against J. F. Jones to cancel the tax titles to certain tracts of land held by him. The chancellor granted the relief as to three of the tracts and entered a decree cancelling the title of the defendant to these three tracts. Two of these tracts comprised forty acres each and the other one eighty acres. The defendant has appealed. No appeal was taken by the plaintiff and for that reason we need only consider the three tracts of land as to which relief was granted her. The material facts are as follows:
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