Branch v. Polk
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court in Chancery. Grant Green, Jr., Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Mary P. Branch brought suit in the Phillips circuit court against Sallie M. Polk, and the heirs of Lucius B. Polk,. Sr. Por cause of action she alleged that Lucius P. Polk, Sr., executed to her, on the first day of March, 1891, several promissory notes, amounting in the aggregate to between six and seven thousand dollars; that, to secure the payment of these notes, he executed to…
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Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court in Chancery. Grant Green, Jr., Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Mary P. Branch brought suit in the Phillips circuit court against Sallie M. Polk, and the heirs of Lucius B. Polk,. Sr. Por cause of action she alleged that Lucius P. Polk, Sr., executed to her, on the first day of March, 1891, several promissory notes, amounting in the aggregate to between six and seven thousand dollars; that, to secure the payment of these notes, he executed to her a mortgage on an undivided half interest in certain lands in Phillips county, Arksansas; that the defendant, Sallie…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
When estate in entirety created.
(after stating the facts.) The lands upon which appellant claims a lien were held by Bucius E. Polk and his wife, Sallie M. Polk, under a joint conveyance executed to them by Clarence Quarles, commissioner. This joint conveyance to husband and wife vested in them an estate in entirety. Robinson v. Eagle, 29 Ark. 202; Kline v. Ragland, 47 id. 116; Den v. Hardenbergh, 18 Am. Dec. 377; Bertles v. Hunan, 92 N. Y. 152.
After receiving this' conveyance, each of the grantees gave to Mary P. Branch a mortgage on an undivided half interest in said land to…
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