Maney v. Dennison
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; 1. There is no adequate description of the land. It is admitted that the section 4 in question has never been surveyed or platted by the Government, nor by any one in its behalf, nor any evidence that it has ever been surveyed at all.
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Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; 1. There is no adequate description of the land. It is admitted that the section 4 in question has never been surveyed or platted by the Government, nor by any one in its behalf, nor any evidence that it has ever been surveyed at all. The starting point being in the northwest corner of an unknown section that had no legal existence, all the measurements and bearings would be ineffectual to identify any land. 2. The lands in question are not identified by the testimony. 3. The alleged tax title of appellees is void. In addition to the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is an action instituted by appellees against appellant in the circuit court of Phillips County to recover possession of certain lands lying near the bank of the Mississippi River, and alleged to be accretions to the lands fronting on the river according to the plats of the public survey. The lands in con-, troversy are described by metes and bounds and are alleged to be located within the bounds of section 4, in township 4 south, range 4 east. There was no section of that description on the plats of the original survey, for the reason that at that point the channel of the river cut…
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- Brown v. BocquinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
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