Williams v. Gerard

Appellants brought this suit in the Pulaski chancery court to cancel certain tax deeds issued by the State Land Commissioner to appellee and another deed subsequently issued by appellants to appellee upon identical property.

Appellants alleged that they were the owners of lots 3 and 4, block 8, Haney’s Subdivision to the city of North Little Rock, and of lots 15,16,17,18,19, 20, 21, 22, block 1, Thompson’s Garden Addition to Argenta, now North Little Rock, Arkansas; that by agreement appellee paid the taxes due on this property and to secure him they agreed to give him a mortgage only on lots…