Hardy v. Samuels
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; Appellant acquired title to the five acres by her continuous adverse possession of and residence upoon the same for the period of thirty years, claiming the same as her own. Kirby’s Dig., § 5056; 36 N. W. (Minn.) 551; 22 N. E. (Ind.) 725; 6 So. 634; 42 N. W. 915; 34 Ark. 598; 38 Ark. 181; 45 Ark. 81; 9 So. (Ala.) 537; Id. 368.
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
Mary Hardy and Ellen Hardy brought suit in the Pulaski Chancery Court against Richard Samuels and S. N. Tanner .to recover a certain tract of land. They allege in their complaint that they are the owners of the land, but that the legal title is vested in Richard Samuels. They ask that the title be divested out of Samuels and vested in them.
Upon a final hearing the court dismissed their complaint for want of equity; and plaintiffs appealed..
The cause was beard by the chancery court upon an agreed statement of facts, of which the following is a part: “2. That the father of the plaintiff Mary…
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