Hendrix v. Black
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ashley Chancery Court; Zachariah T. Wood, Chancellor; 1. Appellant claimed and sold the timber in good faith under a tax deed. He had no notice of the confirmation of appellee’s title, or that his tax deed was void. No fraud is proven nor conspiracy to defraud shown. The claim for damages is not sustained by the evidence. 8 Cyc. 622, 647 C, 658, 691-2; 19 Ann. Cases, 1254 .and note; 20 Ark. 224; 3 Ene. Ev. 434 and notes 88, 89, 90; 16 Ind. 512; 5 Ann.
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Appeal from Ashley Chancery Court; Zachariah T. Wood, Chancellor; 1. Appellant claimed and sold the timber in good faith under a tax deed. He had no notice of the confirmation of appellee’s title, or that his tax deed was void. No fraud is proven nor conspiracy to defraud shown. The claim for damages is not sustained by the evidence. 8 Cyc. 622, 647 C, 658, 691-2; 19 Ann. Cases, 1254 .and note; 20 Ark. 224; 3 Ene. Ev. 434 and notes 88, 89, 90; 16 Ind. 512; 5 Ann. Cas. 374; 50 Vt. 494; 11 Id. 615; 76 N. Y. 284; 47 Mich. 572; 15 N. Y. S. 528. 1. The decree and findings are correct as to the.…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Appellee instituted this suit against the appellant, alleging that during 1912 and until July 18, 1913, he was the owner in fee of a certain tract of land in Ashley County, Arkansas, on which last named date he sold the land in suit, together with other lands, to one Josiah Grace; that Hendrix had asserted some claim of title to the land, and that in January, 1913, the appellee had instituted suit for confirmation of title and had made Hendrix a party to the suit; that Hendrix, with full knowledge of appellee’s title and knowing that he himself had no title to the lands, had entered into a…
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