Spaulding Manufacturing Co. v. Godbold
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Columbia Chancery Court; B. O. Mahoney, Chancellor; 1. The sheriff’s deed conveyed the legal title. 28 Ark. 76-79. In 1 T. R. A. (N. S.) 161, it is said only an equitable title passes.
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Appeal from Columbia Chancery Court; B. O. Mahoney, Chancellor; 1. The sheriff’s deed conveyed the legal title. 28 Ark. 76-79. In 1 T. R. A. (N. S.) 161, it is said only an equitable title passes. The better view is that such a deed is a latent ambiguity, and open to explanation by which the real party is disclosed and the deed treated as if the names were inserted. 68 Ark. 151. The following cases hold that the parties take an equitable title when the grantee is a firm name. 71 N. C. 492; George on Partnership, p. . 112; 36 Ark. 456; 68 Ark. 137; 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 137; 16 Pac. 43. 2. A…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The controversy in this case is about the title to certain lands in Columbia County, Arkansas. An action in eject-m.ent therefor was commenced by the Spaulding Manufacturing Company against S. A. Godbold in the Columbia Circuit Court.
The complaint alleges that the Spaulding Manufacturing Company is a partnership, composed of H. W. Spaulding, F. E. Spaulding and E. H. Spaulding. The deed relied upon to support the action is a sheriff’s deed under execution, and is made an exhibit to the complaint. The deed recites that the execution was issued and came to the hands of the sheriff on the 27th…
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