Wyatt v. Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

Josephine Linker Hart, Judge.

This appeal is brought from an order quieting title to ten acres of land in the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC). Appellants, who occupy approximately three of the ten acres, argue that the AGFC’s deed contains an indefinite description, which should not have been construed to pass title to the ten acres. We agree and reverse and remand the case.

The ten acres at issue are located in the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 11 in Newton County. Cave Creek meanders through the quarter in such a way that ten acres lie north and west of it. Appellants occupy three of…