McGehee v. McKenzie
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Phillips Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. M. T. Sanders Circuit Judge. A deed defectively acknowledged conveys an equitable title.
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APPEAL from Phillips Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. M. T. Sanders Circuit Judge. A deed defectively acknowledged conveys an equitable title. The Act of 1883, curing defective acknowledgments perfected the acknowledgment to the deed, and although executed to the firm of Mayfield & Myrick, it passed the title to be held in trust for the benefit of the firm. 3 Snead, p. 595; Parsons on Part., 333; 4 Heisk (Tenn.) 506; 55 Miss., 348; 19 Vt., 615. The sale by Mayfield of all the assets of the firm to Myrick, gave Myrick an equitable right to the whole of the lot. This sale was before the…
1Opinion of the CourtEakin, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court in Chancery dismissing a bill after a demurrer had been sustained thereto, and the complainant had dedined to amend. The only question is whether the bill makes a case for relief.
The material allegations show : That Ann A. Porter, a married woman, and one of the defendants was, in 1873, the owner of a certain lot numbered 405 in that part of the city of Helena, called “ Old Helenathat on the 14th day of January of that year she sold the same to Mayfield & Myrick, a business firm in that city. A conveyance was -drawn signed and delivered by…
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