St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Greeson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Nevada Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was begun by the appellant to quiet title to the N. W. yi, S. W. sec. 3°> T. 9 S., R. 22 W., in Nevada County. Appellant claimed title from the Government through patent to the Cairo & Fulton Railroad Company, with which company it was consolidated.
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Appeal from Nevada Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was begun by the appellant to quiet title to the N. W. yi, S. W. sec. 3°> T. 9 S., R. 22 W., in Nevada County. Appellant claimed title from the Government through patent to the Cairo & Fulton Railroad Company, with which company it was consolidated. To sustain its case, it introduced in evidence the patent of the United States to the State of Arkansas for the use and benefit of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad Company, and the certified copy of the articles of consolidation of the St. Rouis & Iron…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The failure of the commissioner appointed by the court to make sale. of the lands in the overdue tax proceedings to state in his report that he had given the notice as required by-the statute in such cases and his failure to attach such notice to his report were, at most, irregularities which did not affect the jurisdiction of the chancery court to confirm and approve same. The fourteenth section of the overdue tax act (March 12, 1881), while requiring the commissioner making the sale to report "his proceedings to the court,” and to “file it in the office…
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