Meigs v. Morris
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Benton Circuit Court in Chancery. ■Bdward S. McDaniee, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This action was brought by R. S. Morris, to recover from appellants, T. M. Meigs, et al., the possession of a tract of land containing five acres. Morris purchased the land from one Morgan, to whom it had been sold and conveyed by John W. Boling. The land was formerly owned by Boling, under whom both appellee and appellant’s claim title.
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Appeal from Benton Circuit Court in Chancery. ■Bdward S. McDaniee, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This action was brought by R. S. Morris, to recover from appellants, T. M. Meigs, et al., the possession of a tract of land containing five acres. Morris purchased the land from one Morgan, to whom it had been sold and conveyed by John W. Boling. The land was formerly owned by Boling, under whom both appellee and appellant’s claim title. The appellant, T. M. Meigs, married a daughter of Boling, and the other appellants are children of this marriage. In the year 1876 Boling gave Meigs and his wife…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The appellants, the husband and children of Mrs. Meigs, allege that her father, Boling, agreed to convey this land to her upon condition that she and her husband would reside upon it. They contend that she complied with the terms of the contract, and that, having since died, the lands now in equity belong to her heirs. Although they did not make Boling a party, nor expressly ask for a specific performance of such contract, they seek to accomplish the same end by having the conveyance by Boling to Morgan cancelled, and the land declared to be the property…
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