Bryan v. Bliss-Cook Oak Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Actions by W. S. Bryan against the Bliss-Cook Oak Company and others, against Edwin S. Layman, and against William Bagnell, and by M. G. Ryder against the Bliss-Cook Oak Company and others, and by S. L. Moser against Edwin S. Layman. Decree for defendant in each case, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
These were suits to quiet title to lands in Arkansas. The defendants prevailed in the trial court, and complainants appealed.
The common source of title was Edmond McGehee, who died testate in 1865. The complainants claim under a deed made in 1873 by the executors of his will to the St. Louis & Memphis Railroad Coinpany. The defendants claim under a deed in 1881 from his devisees to Horace R. Allen. The case turns upon the effect of the deed to the railroad company and the question whether the estate conveyed by it was terminated. The same or a like deed was before us in…
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