Greer v. Vaughan
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Prairie Chancery Court, Northern District; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; 1. Appellant has acquired title, under the act of March 18, 1899, having color of title to the land beginning with the year 1874, the same being wild, unimproved and unoccupied for a period of over 30 years, and no improvements having been placed thereon until the year 1902; having also paid all taxes thereon since the year 1869, and especially the taxes thereon for each year in succession…
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Appeal from Prairie Chancery Court, Northern District; John M. Elliott, Chancellor; 1. Appellant has acquired title, under the act of March 18, 1899, having color of title to the land beginning with the year 1874, the same being wild, unimproved and unoccupied for a period of over 30 years, and no improvements having been placed thereon until the year 1902; having also paid all taxes thereon since the year 1869, and especially the taxes thereon for each year in succession from the year 1894 to the year 1901, inclusive. 82 Ark. 51; 78 Ark. 95; 74 Ark. 302. A title acquired by adverse…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenThae, J.
This was a suit in equity, originally instituted by B. W. Grqer, in August, 1907, to quiet the title in him to a tract of land situated in Prairie County. The land was patented by the United States to Archibald Hutchins in 1845. In the original complaint the plaintiff asserted title to the land through two sources. He claimed title to the land by mesne conveyances which extended back to Joseph R. Ferguson and James Q. Neil, to whom in 1852 said Archibald Hutchins had executed only a bond for title to said land. He also asserted title by virtue of a tax deed básed upon a sale of said land made…
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