Robinson v. Cross
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court, Chickasawba District ; Bdzvard D. Robertson, Chancellor; statement by the court. This is an action by Ida Cross against defendants Robinson and Johnson to recover the northeast quarter of southeast quarter, section 2, township 15 north, range 12 east. It was an action of ejectment originally commenced in the circuit court, and then transferred to the chancery court upon motion of defendants to have their alleged title quieted.
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Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court, Chickasawba District ; Bdzvard D. Robertson, Chancellor; statement by the court. This is an action by Ida Cross against defendants Robinson and Johnson to recover the northeast quarter of southeast quarter, section 2, township 15 north, range 12 east. It was an action of ejectment originally commenced in the circuit court, and then transferred to the chancery court upon motion of defendants to have their alleged title quieted. The appellee deraigns title from the Government to the St. Francis Levee District. Then, in a suit by the Levee District against…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). The .appellants admit that the Levee District obtained title to the land in controversy through tax forfeiture and decree of the chancery court in 1894. The appellants admit also that a decree was rendered in 1896 against Charles Bowen purporting to condemn the land in controversy to be solid for levee taxes. These admissions put appellants out of court. For if is alleged and not denied that appellee obtained the title she here asserts through one who purchased at the sale under the decree of 1896.
A bona ñde purchaser at the sale under that decree certainly…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wilson v. GaylordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Rinke v. WeedmanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1960
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