Knight v. Glasscock
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Green Circuit Court. T. P. McGovern, Special Judge. 1. If the deed was void for uncertainty, still it is a memorandum in writing reciting a sale of land for value paid.
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APPEAL from Green Circuit Court. T. P. McGovern, Special Judge. 1. If the deed was void for uncertainty, still it is a memorandum in writing reciting a sale of land for value paid. This with possession is equivalent to a title bond, and imposed upon Hunt the obligation to specifically perform by describing the lands properly. 2. The return of the deed to Hunt did not reconvey the land, nor release him from reforming. 34 Ark., 503. 3. Glasscock purchased with notice and takes subject to appellant’s equities. Story Eq. Jur., secs. 785, 788-9, 790. 4. There is no proof of Ritter’s insolvency.…
1Opinion of the CourtHemingway, J.
Glasscock, the appellee herein, brought ejectment in the Green circuit court against Aaron Knight, one of the appellants, for the possession of two acres of land. He claimed title under a deed from R. W. Hunt, dated Dec. 10th, 1883.
Mary Knight, the other appellant, was made a party to the cause, she claiming to have acquired the land by prior deed from R. W. Hunt.
She and the defendant, who is her husband, filed a joint answer and counter-claim, in which are the following allegations : That Mary Knight purchased the land in controversy from R. W. Hunt, and took deed dated Feb. 26th, 1883 ;…
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