Osceola Land Co. v. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court; B. D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In February, 1855, Jeptha Fowlkes and wife conveyed by warranty deed section 14, township 15 north, range 8 east, in Mississippi County, Arkansas, to Ashley B. Rozell. At the time of this conveyance the land belonged to the State. Afterwards in 1856 Fowlkes entered the land and paid the consideration therefor and received a certificate of entry from the State.
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Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court; B. D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In February, 1855, Jeptha Fowlkes and wife conveyed by warranty deed section 14, township 15 north, range 8 east, in Mississippi County, Arkansas, to Ashley B. Rozell. At the time of this conveyance the land belonged to the State. Afterwards in 1856 Fowlkes entered the land and paid the consideration therefor and received a certificate of entry from the State. The evidence does not show what became of this original certificate, but Fowlkes died, and in 1870 his wife, who was the executrix of his…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal from a decree of the Mississippi Chancery Court dismissing the complaint of the Osceola Land Company and quieting the title of the defendant, the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, to a section of land in Mississippi County. A history of the different titles under which this land is claimed by the two parties to this action is fully set out in the statement of facts, but it will be necessary to briefly restate it here. In 1855 this land was owned by the State of Arkansas. In that year Jeptha Fowlkes sold it to A. B. Rowell. It does not…
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