Jordan v. Bradshaw
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Ci/reuit Court of Pulaski County. This was an action of ejectment brought by Jordan against Bradshaw and Manuel, and determined in the Pulaski Circuit Court before the Hon. "William: H. Peild.
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Appeal from the Ci/reuit Court of Pulaski County. This was an action of ejectment brought by Jordan against Bradshaw and Manuel, and determined in the Pulaski Circuit Court before the Hon. "William: H. Peild. The plaintiff, to sustain the issue to the plea of not guilty, read in evidence a deed from the Auditor to James Mills for the land in controversy, which had been forfeited for non-payment of taxes; and a deed from tbe sheriff of Pulaski county to him, reciting an execution against said Mills, in favor of Asa Gr. Baker, but omitting to recite the judgment, on which the execution issued,…
1Opinion of the Court
I-Ion. TiioMas J oirNSON, Special J udge,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The first assignment of errors questions the propriety of the decision of the court below, in requiring the plaintiff to produce the judgment and execution, under which the land in controversy was sold, before he could read the sheriff’s deed in evidence. The 60th section of chapter 67, of the Digest, provides that “ The officer wlio shall sell any real estate, or lease of lands for more than three years, shall make the purchaser a deed, to be paid for by the purchaser, reciting the names of the parties to the…
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