Wood v. Terry
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Ashley Circuit Court. Hon. J. T. Elliott, Circuit Judge. As to right of action, cited Rose’s Digest, p. 799, secs. 38-7-8 — 9-40-1, and cases cited; 9 Ark., 569 ; and as to validity of reply, Code of Pr., p. 54, sec. 124; Bertrand v. Byrd, 5 Ark., 658.
1Opinion of the Court
English, Ch. J.:
In October, 1872, John S. Wood and wife, Mary C. Wood, brought ejectment, in the Ashley Circuit Court, against Robert Y. H. Terry, Wm. T. Terry and Alonzo S. W. Terry, for a tract of land.
The complaint states, in substance, that the plaintiff, Mary C. Wood, is the owner of a tract of land in Ashley county, containing about two and one-half acres, situated in the northwest quarter of section 14, township 17 south, range 7 west, described as follows, etc. (Here the land is described by metes and bounds.) That the plaintiff, Mary-C. Wood, is the wife of the plaintiff, John S.…
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