Reed v. Wilson

This is an action instituted by appellant in the chancery court of Conway County against appellee as Commissioner of State Lands, whereby appellant seeks to compel appelle'e, as such Commissioner, to execute to him a deed conveying a tract of land in that county, alleged to be an island in the Arkansas River. Appellant alleged in his complaint that he applied to the Commissioner for the purchase of said land, and paid the estimated expense of survey, as required by statute; that the Commissioner appointed a surveyor, who surveyed the land and made its report, and that the Commissioner had…