Rhodes v. Covington
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court. Hance U. Hutton, Judge. The description “L. B. R. W. Pt.” — meaning that part of the quarter section that was on the left bank of the river — was sufficient. Any description which sufficiently definite and certain to ascertain the premises is good. 1 Desty, Taxation, § 567; S3 Hans. 717; 36 H. J. L. 388; 4 Fed.
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Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court. Hance U. Hutton, Judge. The description “L. B. R. W. Pt.” — meaning that part of the quarter section that was on the left bank of the river — was sufficient. Any description which sufficiently definite and certain to ascertain the premises is good. 1 Desty, Taxation, § 567; S3 Hans. 717; 36 H. J. L. 388; 4 Fed. Ill; 41 S. W. 738; 3 Desty, Taxation, § 856. ' , , The description, designating the land as “part” of a tract, is too vague. 48 Ark. 419; 60 Ark. 487¿ 30 Ark. 640; 34 Ark. 534; 41 Ark. 495; '56 Ark. 44,
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Appellant, Mary Lee Rhodes, brought this action against Lucy Covington, in the St. Francis circuit court, to recover ithe possession of a tract of land, described in her complaint as 'follows: “L. B. R. W. Pt. S. E. J section thirty (30), township five (5) north, range four (4) east, containing 45.88 acres of land, the same being 45.88 acres of land lying west of a line drawn north and south through that part of the southeast quarter of said section which lies on the left bank of the St. Francis river, and parallel to the east line of said section 30, so as to divide said part of…
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