Brockway v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court. Hon. X. J. Pindall, Circuit Judge. reporter’s statement. This was an action of unlawful detainer instituted in November, 1875, in the circuit cqurt of Jefferson county, by Brockway against Thomas for possession of an improved lot in Pine Bluff. A writ was issued, and executed by putting Brockway in possession.
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APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court. Hon. X. J. Pindall, Circuit Judge. reporter’s statement. This was an action of unlawful detainer instituted in November, 1875, in the circuit cqurt of Jefferson county, by Brockway against Thomas for possession of an improved lot in Pine Bluff. A writ was issued, and executed by putting Brockway in possession. At the return term a demurrer was sustained to the plaintiff’s complaint, and he thereupon, by leave of court, amended it; but the defendant made no answer to the amended complaint. Afterward the circuit court, holding that the sustaining the…
1Opinion of the CourtEakin, J.
This is the case remanded, upon the opinion reported in 32 Ark., 311, which was again tried below, upon an answer which, without objection, was accepted as putting in issue all material facts, as alleged in the complaint after amendment.
We find, amidst a conflict of evidence on other points, the fact on all parts admitted, that defendant was a tenant of plaintiff’s vendor, claiming no other right of property in the house than as such. There was proof also by defendant, tending to show that some time in 1875 he had rented the premises by parol contract for three years; and had also a verbal…
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