Black v. Baskins
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Conway Circuit Court, in Chancery. Jrptha H. Evans, Judge, on exchange of circuits. Appellee was never the purchaser of the lands in controversy. Nor was he entitled to a reformation of his contract, there being no mutual mistake. 24 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law (2d Ed.), 648-9 650; 39 Ark. 304; 80 Fed. 46; 43 N. E. 259, s. c. 146 Ind. 322; 50 S. W. 62; Bish.
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Appeal from Conway Circuit Court, in Chancery. Jrptha H. Evans, Judge, on exchange of circuits. Appellee was never the purchaser of the lands in controversy. Nor was he entitled to a reformation of his contract, there being no mutual mistake. 24 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law (2d Ed.), 648-9 650; 39 Ark. 304; 80 Fed. 46; 43 N. E. 259, s. c. 146 Ind. 322; 50 S. W. 62; Bish. Cont. § § 707-8; 142 U. S. 417; 66 Ark. 155; 50 S. W. 62. Laches would bar any such relief if appellee was really entitled to it. 24 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law (2d Ed.), 656-7; 18 lb. 656; 43 N. E. 263, s. c. 146 Ind. 322; 19 Ark. 16. Where,…
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Conway Circuit Court establishing the right of the plaintiff to a certain forty-acre tract of land, and divesting the title thereof from the defendant and vesting it in the plaintiff, Baskins.
The facts, briefly stated, are that one Coblentz was the owner of a tract of land in Conway County, which he sold in small tracts to different parties at different times. The parties to whom he sold seem to have been more or less ignorant of the locations of these different tracts, and in taking possession thereof a number of mistakes were made by them whereby they…
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