Parsons v. Sharpe
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; 1. Actual notice of an adverse holding need not, under the proof in this case, have been brought home to the plaintiff, but he should have been held to have had notice thereof from the notoriety and quality of the acts of ownership which had been exercised over the property by the defendants, and the court erred in not so holding. 137 S.W. 553; 24 L. R. A. 261. 2. If it were true that defendants were without color of…
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; 1. Actual notice of an adverse holding need not, under the proof in this case, have been brought home to the plaintiff, but he should have been held to have had notice thereof from the notoriety and quality of the acts of ownership which had been exercised over the property by the defendants, and the court erred in not so holding. 137 S.W. 553; 24 L. R. A. 261. 2. If it were true that defendants were without color of title, which is not conceded, their claim is good because they have had actual adverse possession for the statutory…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
In the year 1889 one Brewer sold and conveyed two lots in the town of Swifton, Jackson County, Arkansas, to appellee, R. W. Sharpe, and his mother, Sarah Sharpe, and brother, George M. Sharpe, as tenants in common. Sarah Sharpe died intestate on January 19, 1891, leaving surviving as heirs at law her children, the appellee, and George M. Sharpe, James B. Sharpe, C. L. Sharpe, and Lulu E. Coffin. Some time during the year 1892 appellee disappeared from his home at Wynne, Arkansas, and was not heard from by any of his friends or kindred until the year 1909, when his brother, C. L. Sharpe,…
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