Smith v. Olin Industries, Inc.

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

This is a suit by appellants, Sam G. Smith and Winnie D. Smith, his wife, to reform a quitclaim deed and quiet their title to a four-ninths interest in the minerals under a 40-acre tract of land in Lafayette County, Arkansas.

Appellant, Sam G. Smith, was the owner of a 320-acre tract, including the tract in controversy, in 1926 when said lands forfeited to the state for the 1925 general taxes. Mary D. Hudgens acquired the 320 acres from the state by Clerk’s tax deed and conveyed an undivided two-thirds interest therein to Hamp Williams who thereafter conveyed an…