Lane v. Stitt & Reed
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Drew Chancery Court; E. G. Hammock, Chancellor; The cause did-not stand for trial on the day it was heard and decree entered. The case was prematurely heard.
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Appeal from Drew Chancery Court; E. G. Hammock, Chancellor; The cause did-not stand for trial on the day it was heard and decree entered. The case was prematurely heard. Kirby & Castle’s Digest, § 7631; act 290, Acts 1915, § 12; K. & C. Dig., §§ 6111-6112; 126 Ark. 25; 127. Id. 102. 2. Title should not have been invested in appellee Stitt. 39 Ark. 580; 42 Id. 215; 109 Id. 281; Kirby’s Digest, § 2745. There was no evidence that title was in Stitt’s father at the time of his death. 3. The judgment against appellant is grossly excessive. 1. The cause properly stood for trial on the day it was…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellee Stitt instituted this action soon after he came to full age of maturity to redeem from a tax sale certain lands which had been sold during his minority. He claimed title to the land by inheritance from his father. Appellant, Mrs. M. A. Lane, who was defendant below, is Stitt’s grandmother, and she conveyed the lands to Stitt’s father in his lifetime. She purchased the land at a tax sale and sold and conveyed the same, together with other lands which she owned, to John H. Reed, who was made a defendant in this action. The tract of land for which Stitt seeks redemption amounts to 120…
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