Greer v. Vaughan
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Prairie Chancery Court, Northern District; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; 1. Appellant has established his title by actual adverse possession.
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Appeal from Prairie Chancery Court, Northern District; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; 1. Appellant has established his title by actual adverse possession. The land was fenced and actually occupied for the statutory period. 1 Cyc. 1146, 1153, 1137-8; 38 Ark. 181; 34 Id. 534, 547; 2 Corp. Jur. 256. 2. Appellee did not acquire title by adverse possession. 68 Ark. 551; 40 Id. 366. He is only entitled to a refund of his taxes paid. 1. The evidence fairly preponderates in favor of appellee. He held adverse possession and paid all the taxes from 1899 to 1914. He had. no notice of any adverse claim.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is an action instituted by appellant to quiet title to a tract of land containing fourteen and two-thirds acres in the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 14, township 4 north, range 5 west, in Prairie County, of which he is in possession, and is more particularly described as follows:
“Beginning at the southeast corner of the said northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said section 14 and run thence north 836 feet to Beine creek; thence up Beine creek to a point 844 west of said east line; thence south to quarter section line running east…
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