Pipkin v. Williams
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Howard Circuit Court. Wiuu. P. Fkazku, Judge. Action by J. B. and Alfred Williams, composing the firm of Williams Brothers, against James B. Pipkin and M. F. Bake, composing the firm of Pipkin & Bake. Briefly, the case is as follows : On January 9, 1890, Bake, a married man, sold and conveyed the land in controversy, which constituted his homestead, to his partner, Pipkin, and delivered possession forthwith.
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Appeal from Howard Circuit Court. Wiuu. P. Fkazku, Judge. Action by J. B. and Alfred Williams, composing the firm of Williams Brothers, against James B. Pipkin and M. F. Bake, composing the firm of Pipkin & Bake. Briefly, the case is as follows : On January 9, 1890, Bake, a married man, sold and conveyed the land in controversy, which constituted his homestead, to his partner, Pipkin, and delivered possession forthwith. The decision of the cause turns upon the validity or invalidity of the deed, which was in the following form : “Know all men by these presents, that I, M. F. Bake, for and in…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemingway, J.,
It seems to be conceded that, up to the 9th of January, 1890, the land in controversy was the legal homestead of the defendant, Lake. On that day he executed a deed of it to his co-defendant, Pipkin, and left it. On the 15th of January, 1890, the plaintiffs caused it to be attached as the property of Lake, and the attachment was sustained. Pipkin filed an inter-plea, claiming the property as against the attachment. He does not question the correctness of the judgment sustaining the attachment against Lake, but claims that he had acquired the property before the attachment…
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