Blanton v. Forrest City Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Chancery Court; Edw,ard D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. Annie Mabel Blanton and John Cecil Blanton brought a suit in equity against Forrest City Manufacturing Company, Forrest City Compress Company and the City of Forrest City to have their interest declared in certain lands in the possession of the Forrest City Compress Company and for an accounting of the rents and profits thereof.
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Appeal from St. Francis Chancery Court; Edw,ard D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT OF FACTS. Annie Mabel Blanton and John Cecil Blanton brought a suit in equity against Forrest City Manufacturing Company, Forrest City Compress Company and the City of Forrest City to have their interest declared in certain lands in the possession of the Forrest City Compress Company and for an accounting of the rents and profits thereof. The material facts are as follows: Annie Mabel Blanton and John C. Blanton are the children of Jas. P. Blanton, deceased, who in bis lifetime owned the lands in controversy.…
1Opinion of the Court
HART, J.,
(after stating the facts). It is deemed appropriate to state at the outset that Annie Mabel Blanton became 18 years old on the 25th day of August, 1917, and John Cecil Blanton arrived at the age of 21 years on the 30th day of September, 1917. The present suit was commenced on the 24th day of September, 1917.
It may be, also, appropriately stated here that this is not a case of mutual subscription for a given object where the promise of others is a good consideration for the promise of each.
The contract which we have copied in our statement of facts is the basis of this suit. It is…
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