Laney v. Monsanto Chemical Co.

348 S.W.2d 826 (1961)

F. A. LANEY et al., Appellants,

v.

MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY et al., Appellees.

No. 5-2326.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 22, 1961.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1961.

Gaughan & Laney, Camden, for appellants.

C. M. Martin, Lamar B. Smead, Camden, Shackleford & Shackleford, El Dorado, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

These two cases, consolidated for trial in the court below, involve the title to a forty-acre tract of land that was formerly owned by Charles Richardson, the parties' common source of title, who died in 1935. The land was sold for nonpayment of taxes in…