Matthews v. Bloodworth
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Western District; J. F. Gautney, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant instituted this suit against tbe appellee in the Clay Circuit Court, and on the 3d day of April, 1913, filed his amended complaint, in which he says: “That he is the owner in fee of the following described lands lying in the Western District of Clay County, Arkansas, towit: The alley running east and west through block 5000 of the Matthews Addition to the town of…
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Western District; J. F. Gautney, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant instituted this suit against tbe appellee in the Clay Circuit Court, and on the 3d day of April, 1913, filed his amended complaint, in which he says: “That he is the owner in fee of the following described lands lying in the Western District of Clay County, Arkansas, towit: The alley running east and west through block 5000 of the Matthews Addition to the town of Corning, Arkansas ; one-half of the street east of the said block 5000, and all of the street north'of said block, and claims…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). 1. The allegations of the complaint show that the appellant, after purchasing the lands described in the complaint, platted that portion of the lands, in controversy as an addition to the town of Corning. One of the blocks in the addition was designated as block No. 5000, and the streets and alleys were dedicated to the town as long as they were used as such; that appellee purchased the block numbered 5000 after same had been platted and the streets and alleys had been dedicated to the use of the town.
The allegations of the complaint were sufficient to show…
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