Bishop v. Williams

255 S.W.2d 171 (1953)

BISHOP et al.

v.

WILLIAMS et al.

No. 4-9984.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 16, 1953.

Dissenting Opinion February 23, 1953.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1953.

Virgil R. Moncrief and John W. Moncrief, Stuttgart, for appellants.

Arthur R. Macom and W. A. Leach, Stuttgart, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is an ejectment suit brought by the appellees to recover possession of a tract of land in Arkansas County. In our view the decisive issue is whether a deed executed by W. E. Meacham in 1916 vested the fee simple in the two grantees or merely gave them life estates…