Woods v. Woods

In this action plaintiff as devisee under the will of Dr. Albert Woods sought to recover 40 acres of land near Colt, Ark., from defendant Burdette Woods who claims a superior title thereto. The Chancery Court found for defendant and plaintiff appeals.

Dr. Albert Woods left the Colt community in the early 1900s to practice medicine in Oklahoma. He was then without question the owner of the 40 acres now in litigation. He at that time arranged with his brother Wrightor to occupy the land, Wrightor to pay the taxes and keep up the improvements as rent. Wrightor’s occupancy continued for a good…