Ford v. Harrison
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lafayette Circnit Court. Chas. W. Smith, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. R. B. Ford, being the owner of a tract of land in Lafayette county, on March 30, 1889, mortgaged it to Henry Moore to secure a debt due him.
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Appeal from Lafayette Circnit Court. Chas. W. Smith, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. R. B. Ford, being the owner of a tract of land in Lafayette county, on March 30, 1889, mortgaged it to Henry Moore to secure a debt due him. This mortgage was duly recorded April 6, 1889. Afterwards on February 6, 1890, Ford conveyed the land to his son, R. F. Ford, by deed which stated the consideration to be $200. The mortgage debt was not paid, and Moore brought suit, and on August 3, 1891, obtained a decree against R. B. and R. F. Ford foreclosing the mortgage, and ordering the land sold for the payment of…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts). This is an action of ejectment, where both parties claim title under R. B. Ford, who is admitted by both parties to hare been the owner of the land. E. B. Ford mortgaged the land to Henry Moore, and afterwards conveyed it to E. F. Ford. Mrs. Harrison, the plaintiff, claims title by virtue of an execution sale of the land as the property of R. F. Ford. The defendant, M. H. Ford, rests his title upon a sale under a decree foreclosing the mortgage given by R. B. Ford to Moore. As R. B. Ford had mortgaged the land to Moore before he conveyed it to R. F.…
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