Culberhouse v. Shirey
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Craighead Circuit Court. Hon. L. L. Mack, Circuit Judge. The deed of Amanda Nichols and Mary Holden to Eergus Suoddy was not properly identified or proved, and was inadmissible in evidence. Gantt’s Digest, see. 851¡.; Wilson v. Spring, 38 Ark., 181. The third instruction asked by defendant was in the words of sec. 1¡,113 Gantt’s Digest, and was applicable to the facts of the case. Mrs. Shirey Avas S2 years of age and was barred.
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APPEAL from Craighead Circuit Court. Hon. L. L. Mack, Circuit Judge. The deed of Amanda Nichols and Mary Holden to Eergus Suoddy was not properly identified or proved, and was inadmissible in evidence. Gantt’s Digest, see. 851¡.; Wilson v. Spring, 38 Ark., 181. The third instruction asked by defendant was in the words of sec. 1¡,113 Gantt’s Digest, and was applicable to the facts of the case. Mrs. Shirey Avas S2 years of age and was barred. Carter v. Cantrell, 16 Ark., 151¡.; Brinkley v. Willis, 88 Id., 5. At the commencement of this suit Moody and Hettie Snoddy, both beiug under 21 years of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This was ejectment for a quarter section of land. One Rufus Snoddy was the original OAvner of the land. He died in 1858, and the land descended to his children, Fergus Snoddjr, Mary Mosley aud Amanda Nicholls. Fergus Snoddy was the father of the plaintiffs, and he had in his lifetime purchased the interest of his two sisters in the property, and received a deed therefor. He died in 1862 in possession of the land, and claiming to be the owner thereof. After his death the widow and children of Fergus resided upon the land. The widow married one McCall in 1864 or 1865, and died in 1868. After…
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