Hoxie v. Gibson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court, Eastern District; L. F. Reeder, Chancellor; 1. The town council had no authority to vacate the strip of ground in controversy, the same being part of a street.
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Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court, Eastern District; L. F. Reeder, Chancellor; 1. The town council had no authority to vacate the strip of ground in controversy, the same being part of a street. C. & M. Digest, § 4006; 75 Ark. 534; art. V. § 24, Const. 1874. The act No. 254, Acts 1905, p. 667, was void, and conferred no rights on the town or its council to vacate or close any of its streets or alleys. 134 Ark. 366; 120 Id. 214; 121 Id. 610 & Ark. cases cited; 98 Id. 156; 66 Id. 40; 65 Id. 410; 68 Id. 62; 50 Id. 473; 24 Id. 102; 27 Am. & Eng. Ene. 103; 9 Id. 20. 2. When the owner of the land…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is an action instituted in the chancery court by appellee against the town of Hoxie to quiet appellee’s title to a strip of land in the town, formerly owned by appellee’s mother, Mary A. Boaz, and dedicated by the latter to the public as a part of a certain street of the town of Hoxie. The chancery court granted the relief sought by appellee, and an appeal is prosecuted to this court.
Appellee’s mother, Mrs. Boaz, formerly owned the land on which the town of Hoxie is situated, and in the year 1883 she causécl the same to be platted into lots and blocks, intersected by streets and alleys,…
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