Davidson v. Davidson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Arkansas Circuit Court, in Chancery. Pión. X J. PiNDALL, Circuit Judge. If the deed was a forgery, no title passed, and there can be no innocent purchaser. 37 Ark., 205; 49 Am. Dec., 390 ; 32 Ib.,545; 20 Wend., 267; 39 Am. Dec., 557 ; 6 Bob. Da., 192; 28 Am. Dec., 4-82-685; 4 Whart. Pa., 382; 10 Penn. St., 295; Demo plus Juris a alieno transferee potest According to the weight of the evidence the deed toas a forgery.
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APPEAL from Arkansas Circuit Court, in Chancery. Pión. X J. PiNDALL, Circuit Judge. If the deed was a forgery, no title passed, and there can be no innocent purchaser. 37 Ark., 205; 49 Am. Dec., 390 ; 32 Ib.,545; 20 Wend., 267; 39 Am. Dec., 557 ; 6 Bob. Da., 192; 28 Am. Dec., 4-82-685; 4 Whart. Pa., 382; 10 Penn. St., 295; Demo plus Juris a alieno transferee potest According to the weight of the evidence the deed toas a forgery. If the lands in controversy were included in the deed by mistake, or a fraud practiced, equity will relieve. 35 Ark., 103. Price does not bring himself within the…
1Opinion of the CourtEakin, J.
The object of this suit was to effect the cancellation or reformation of a certain conveyance of lands, upon the alleged alternative grounds, that, either it was a forgery; or, if not, that there was such a mistake as to its provisions as required reformation. It was intended thereby to quiet the title of complainants to certain lands which had in his lifetime been owned by Jackson Davidson, deceased. *
Outside of the question of forgery, in case it should be established, there would arise the supervening question of adverse possession by the defendants, beyond the period of limitation. The…
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