Thompson v. Brazile
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court, in Chancery. Richard H. Powell, Judge., STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The facts in this case are as follows: The appellee, Ida Brazile, purchased from R. W. Martin and W. J. Thompson a certain eighty-acre tract of land lying in Jackson county, and took possession of the same under a deed from them.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court, in Chancery. Richard H. Powell, Judge., STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The facts in this case are as follows: The appellee, Ida Brazile, purchased from R. W. Martin and W. J. Thompson a certain eighty-acre tract of land lying in Jackson county, and took possession of the same under a deed from them. After-wards one Joseph Walker brought an action of ejectment against appellee, Mrs. Brazile, to recover possession of said land, claiming title under a tax deed made in pursuance of a sale for non-payment of taxes. For defense to said action, appellee set up, among…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts). This litigation was commenced by an action of ejectment brought by one Walker against the appellee, Ida Brazile, to recover from her a tract of land of which she held possession. Mrs. Brazile had purchased the land from appellant, W. J. Thompson, and one R. W. Martin, who had since died. She procured an order making Thompson a party defendant with her, and then filed a cross-complaint against him, praying that he be compelled to defend the action of ejectment, and that, in the event the plaintiff recovered judgment against her for the land, that she have…
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