Streett v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Chicot Chancery Court. J. G. Williamson, Special Chancellor. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a bill to remove a cloud from the title to the west part of the northeast quarter of section 22, township 17 south, range 2 west, 7.70 acres, and the north half of the northwest quarter of section 22 in the same township and range, 69.80 acres, both of which tracts were wild and uncultivated, and not in the actual possession of any one, when this suit was brought.
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Appeal from Chicot Chancery Court. J. G. Williamson, Special Chancellor. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a bill to remove a cloud from the title to the west part of the northeast quarter of section 22, township 17 south, range 2 west, 7.70 acres, and the north half of the northwest quarter of section 22 in the same township and range, 69.80 acres, both of which tracts were wild and uncultivated, and not in the actual possession of any one, when this suit was brought. The facts, as found by the chancellor, are that a decree of condemnation, under the overdue tax act, was rendered at the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts). All questions of irregularity merely in the assessment of these lands for taxation, and as to the amount of taxes assessed against them, and as to whether the taxes had been paid, etc., are conclusively presumed to have been litigated and settled when the decrees of condemnation were rendered, and these decrees cannot be attacked collaterally on the grounds of error in these respects, as they, if erroneous, might have been corrected upon appeal. Doyle v. Martin, 55 Ark. 37; Williamson v. Mimms, 49 Ark. 336; Jefferson Land Co. v. Grace, 57 Ark. 423.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- State ex rel. Butler v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
- Williamson v. MimmsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
- Doyle v. MartinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
- Jefferson Land Co. v. GraceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
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