Legal Opinion · Dissent

Wallace v. Ayres

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 7, 1958No. 5-1524Published

1DissentPaul Ward, Associate Justice

I am unable to agree with the majority opinion. My reasons for dissenting will be briefly stated.

One. The Chancellor held that appellant and her predecessors in title did not show title by adverse possession to all of the land she claimed. The Chancellor, under the well established rule of this court, should be affirmed unless his holding is against the weight of the evidence.

Two. The husband of appellant in 1945, received a deed to Lot 11, Humphrey’s addition, Osceola. She has lived in a house on this lot, and also raised a garden thereon, ever since. It is conceded, as held by the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mooney v. CooledgeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1875
  2. Sturgis v. HughesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
  3. Griffin v. IsgrigSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1957
  4. Miller v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1949

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