Legal Opinion

Phillips v. Carter

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 10, 1978No. 78-62PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Frank Holt, Justice.

The trial court, sitting as a jury, found that appellee was entitled to possession of a one-half acre tract of land by virtue of her claim of adverse possession. Appellants contend there is no substantial evidence to support the court’s finding.

On appeal “we affirm if there is any substantial evidence to support the finding after reviewing the evidence and all reasonable inferences deducible therefrom in the light most favorable to the appellee.” Green v. Harrington, 253 Ark. 496, 487 S.W. 2d 612 (1972). There we explained that “in testing the sufficiency of the evidence…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Utley v. RuffSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  2. Barclay v. TusseySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
  3. Green v. HarringtonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
  4. Williams v. KillinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Anita G, LLC v. Centennial BankCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2019

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