Murdock v. Stillman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Joseph W. Martin, Judge. Murdock brought ejectment against Stillman ta recover a narrow strip of land on the east side of lot No. 1 in block No. 1 in Capitol Hill Extension Addition to Little Rock, being five feet and one inch at the north and four feet at the south side of the lot.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Joseph W. Martin, Judge. Murdock brought ejectment against Stillman ta recover a narrow strip of land on the east side of lot No. 1 in block No. 1 in Capitol Hill Extension Addition to Little Rock, being five feet and one inch at the north and four feet at the south side of the lot. The cause was submitted on the evidence to the court sitting as a jury, who found that the record title was in plaintiff, but that defendant had title by continuous, open and adverse possession for more than seven years. Judgment was rendered for defendant, from which plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Appellee was in possession of the strip of land in controversy claiming title to same by adverse possession for seven years. Appellee and appellant were coterminous owners of lots in the cityi of Eittle Rock. Appellee’s father, under whom he held, in his direct examination testified that he “claimed to where his fence wasthat he “moved on the line;” that his “deed called for 150 feet deep.” On cross examination he said that all he claimed was 150 feet; he did not claim anything not in his deed. While this testimony may seem somewhat conflicting in itself, we gather from it that witness built…
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