Blakemore v. Eagle
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeals from Lonoke Circuit Court. George M. Chaprine, Judge. statement by the court. In the year 1898 W. S. Blakemore was engaged in raising cotton and other farm products on his plantation in Lonoke County, having about 1,800 acres in cultivation.
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Appeals from Lonoke Circuit Court. George M. Chaprine, Judge. statement by the court. In the year 1898 W. S. Blakemore was engaged in raising cotton and other farm products on his plantation in Lonoke County, having about 1,800 acres in cultivation. To obtain supplies to carry on his business, he executed a trust deed to Joe T. Robinson as trustee for the benefit of W. A. Gage & Company, merchants of Memphis, Tenn., from whom Blakemore obtained the larger part of - his supplies for that year. The trust deed, besides certain mules, cows and other farm stock, conveyed the crop to be raised on…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The plaintiffs in this case attached certain cotton which they claimed belonged to the defendant Blakemore, and the attachment was sustained. But Robinson and Gage & Company filed an interplea claiming the right to the cotton by virtue of a trust deed from the defendant Blakemore. This contention was sustained by the circuit court, and the cotton adjudged to belong to the interveners. The two appeals in this case bring before us these two separate issues; but it is evident that the defense of the plaintiffs against the interplea rests upon the validity…
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