Legal Opinion

Beach v. Nordman

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 29, 1909PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court; Roy D. Campbell, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On January 29, 1901, appellant sold appellee 680 acres of land in Woodruff County, Arkansas.

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Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court; Roy D. Campbell, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On January 29, 1901, appellant sold appellee 680 acres of land in Woodruff County, Arkansas. Appellee entered upon the land and began to- cut the timber therefrom, whereupon S. C. Robinson, claiming to be the owner of 160 a-cr-es of the land, brought suit against appellee for the possession thereof and for damages in the sum of $600. Appellee also brought suit in equity against Robinson to remove the cloud from his title to the 160 acres claimed by Robinson.' The case at law was transferred to the…

1Opinion of the Court

Wood, J.,

(after stating the facts.) I. Appellant contends that the land mentioned in the mandate of the Supreme Court is not the same land mentioned in the decree in the case in the chancery court which was .appealed to this court and reversed, and not the same land mentioned in the complaint in this suit. There is no merit in the contention. The clerical misprision in describing the lands in the mandate of the Supreme Court is immaterial. The pleadings in the chancery court show what lands were adjudicated finally in that suit to belong to Robinson. These are the same lands mentioned in the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Barnett v. HugheySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
  2. Logan v. MoulderSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1839
  3. Alexander v. BridgfordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
  4. Carvill v. JacksSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Selle v. City of FayettevilleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
  2. Smiley v. ThomasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
  3. Smith v. Boynton Land & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
  4. Arkansas Trust Co. v. BatesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1933
  5. Thompson v. DildySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1957

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