Crowder v. Fordyce Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Dallas Chancery Court; E. O. Mahoney, Chancellor ; The complaint states a cause of action, and the demurrer should have been overruled. Appellants own a revisionary interest, and are entitled to maintain an action for damages to the inheritance. Under the common law the action of trespass on the case would lie. 18 S. C. 551; 1 Hill (S. C.) 260; 42 W. Va. 312; 17 Fed. 216; 43 N. H. 320; 6 Conn. 328; 4 Har. 181; 64 Mass. (10 Cush.) 232; 82 Mass.
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Appeal from Dallas Chancery Court; E. O. Mahoney, Chancellor ; The complaint states a cause of action, and the demurrer should have been overruled. Appellants own a revisionary interest, and are entitled to maintain an action for damages to the inheritance. Under the common law the action of trespass on the case would lie. 18 S. C. 551; 1 Hill (S. C.) 260; 42 W. Va. 312; 17 Fed. 216; 43 N. H. 320; 6 Conn. 328; 4 Har. 181; 64 Mass. (10 Cush.) 232; 82 Mass. (16 Gray), 583; 25 N. J. D. (1 Dutch.) 97; 50 Barb. 612; 25 N. J. D. (1.Dutch.) 255; 43 W. Va. 562; 4 Jones D. (N. C.) 387; 2 Hill, Ch. (S.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Plaintiffs, W. P. Crowder and others, instituted this action at law against defendant Fordyce Dumber Company to recover damages to a tract of land in cutting and removing timber therefrom. Plaintiffs are alleged to be the owners of the land in reversion, after the expiration of a widow’s life estate, same having been assigned to the widow as her dower. After the cause had been transferred to the chancery court on defendant’s motion, the court sustained a demurrer to the complaint. A decree was entered dismissing the complaint, and plaintiffs appealed.
The chancellor sustained the demurrer on…
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