Reed v. Money
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Scott Circuit Court; Geo. 8. Evans, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was instituted by appellant against the appellees September 2, 1912, to recover certain lands.
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Appeal from Scott Circuit Court; Geo. 8. Evans, Special Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was instituted by appellant against the appellees September 2, 1912, to recover certain lands. After describing the lands in her complaint, appellant alleged that she was the owner of the lands by inheritance from her father, Isaiah Hickman, who purchased the land from the United States Government, and who owned and occupied the land as a homestead at the time of his death in 1853; that while appellant was very young, she was taken by force from her mother and sent' away to Texas by William…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). 1. The' testimony shows that the appellees and those under whom they claim had been in the open,' peaceable, continuous and adverse possession of the land in controversy for.a period of about fifty-seven years. They had cultivated the lands, paid taxes and made improvements thereon.
'In the recent case of Carter v. Goodson et al., 114 Ark. 62, this court quoted from United States v. Chaves, 159 U. S. 452, in part, as follows: “If the adverse claim could ■have a legal commencement, juries are advised or instructed to presume such commencement, after many…
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- Fletcher v. FullerSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- United States v. ChavesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Millington v. Hill, Fontaine & Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
- Carter v. GoodsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
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