Legal Opinion

Pruitt v. Sebastian County Coal & Mining Co.

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 4, 1949No. 4-8773PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

In what was commenced, as a simple suit to enjoin a trespass on land and to recover damages, there has been injected the question of the correct boundary line between Scott and Sebastian Counties; and this boundary line question, like Banquo’s ghost, “will not down.” It turns up at every angle of this litigation.

The appellee, Sebastian County Coal & Mining Company, filed suit in the Sebastian Chancery Court claiming ownership of the following lands alleged to be in Sebastian County, Arkansas, to-wit: “The NW% NW% Sec. 5, Twp. 3 N., R. 32 W.; and NEy4 NE%, Sec. 6, Twp.…

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Eagle v. BeardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1878
  3. Hogg v. CaudillCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
  4. Pace v. State Use Saline County.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
  5. Reynolds v. HollandSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1879

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. CutshawCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1968
  2. Arnold v. City of JonesboroSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1957
  3. Rankin v. JonesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1955
  4. Weathers v. City of SpringdaleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1965
  5. Dye v. Anderson Tully Co.Court of Appeals of Arkansas · 2011

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