Files v. Tebbs

A. W. Files brought two suits in ejectment against W. H. Tebbs, one for 76.01 acre tract of land, in section 19, township 17 south, range 4 west; the other for 60.81 acre tract of land in section 18, same township and range, in Ashley County, Arkansas.

The defendant answered, denying plaintiff’s ownership of the 60-acre tract, and pleaded the seven years’ statute of limitations and laches in bar of his right to recover. He answered further, alleging a former suit by the said Files against him for the recovery of certain lands; that answering that complaint he made a full disclosure, and filed…