Redfield v. Parks
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. This cause was submitted April 15, 1889, at the last term, the briefs of counsel for both parties having been filed in due course with the clerk- of this court.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. This cause was submitted April 15, 1889, at the last term, the briefs of counsel for both parties having been filed in due course with the clerk- of this court. The court thereupon refused to consider the case on its, merits for the reason that the record did not contain copies of the pleadings, and leave was granted to the plaintiff in error to sue out a writ of certiorari to bring into this court the papers omitted from the transcript. Redfield v. Parks, 130 U. S. 623. Such certiorari was then sued out,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivéred the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the. United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The action in that court was in the nature of ejectment to recover possession of real estate, brought by Jared E. Bedfield, the present plaintiff in error, against William P. Parks, Charles Harper and others. The case was submitted to' the court without a jury, which made a finding of facts on which was rendered a judgment for the defendants.
The principal issue in the casé before that court was on the defence under the statute of limitations. The…
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