Goddard v. Bosson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error from• Bourbon District Court. Action, brought by Bosson, against Goddard and Corbin, to remove an alleged cloud upon the title to eighty acres of land owned by him in Bourbon county, and to set aside certain deeds which the said Goddard and Corbin had to the land. Trial at May Term, 1877, of the district court, and judgment for Bosson, decreeing him to be the owner of the land in question, and in the lawful possession thereof. Goddard and Corbin bring the case here.
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Error from• Bourbon District Court. Action, brought by Bosson, against Goddard and Corbin, to remove an alleged cloud upon the title to eighty acres of land owned by him in Bourbon county, and to set aside certain deeds which the said Goddard and Corbin had to the land. Trial at May Term, 1877, of the district court, and judgment for Bosson, decreeing him to be the owner of the land in question, and in the lawful possession thereof. Goddard and Corbin bring the case here. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. Under the act of congress of March 3d, 1875, this action is properly removable.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer., J.:
On the 21st day of March, 1877, the defendant in error commenced a suit in the district court of Bourbon county against the plaintiffs in error, to remove an alleged cloud upon the title to eighty acres of land owned by him in that county, and to set aside certain deeds which the plaintiffs in error had to the land. The plaintiffs in error were non-residents of the state. Service was had by publication. The answer-day expired April 26th, but no answer-was ever filed. April 26th the plaintiffs in error left with the clerk of the court two…
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