McDonald v. Rankin
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Woodruff Chancery Court, Northern District; Josephus C. Marshall, Special Chancellor.; statement by the court.
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Appeal from Woodruff Chancery Court, Northern District; Josephus C. Marshall, Special Chancellor.; statement by the court. This cause has been before this court several times, and the various questions involved in and decided upon former appeals will be found in the following opinions: Rankin V. Schofield, 70 Ark. 83; Rankin v. Schofield, 71 Ark. 168; Rankin v. Schofield, 81 Ark. 440; Rankin v. Fletcher, 84 Ark. 156; Schofield v. Rankin, 86 Ark. 86. The questions which are presented upon the present appeal to this court involve the determination and adjustment of the rights of the parties to…
1Opinion of the Court
Frauenthal, J.,
(after stating the facts). The matters that are now involved in this case, and which are presented to us on this appeal for our determination, relate to the respective rights of the parties to a recovery for improvements and taxes upon the one side, and the rents and profits of the land on the other. The determination of these matters depend principally, if not entirely, upon whether or not the betterment act applies to this case. It has been decided that the appellee is, and has been ever since the death of her father, the true owner of all said lands.
According to the common…
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