Stubbs v. Pitts
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Yell Chancery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an action in equity to establish the title of Nannie M. Pitts and her daughter, Gardie V. Stubbs, to an interest in 187 acres of land in Yell County, the legal title to which is in Mrs. V. E. Stubbs, the defendant in this action.
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Appeal from Yell Chancery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an action in equity to establish the title of Nannie M. Pitts and her daughter, Gardie V. Stubbs, to an interest in 187 acres of land in Yell County, the legal title to which is in Mrs. V. E. Stubbs, the defendant in this action. The circumstances out of which the litigation arose are as follows: In 1882 one William Stubbs purchased from John Main, of Missouri, 303 acres of land in Yell County, Arkansas. This land was in a part of the Arkansas River bottom known locally as “Carden’s Bottom.” The…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The contention of counsel for appellant is that when Mrs. Stubbs agreed to purchase and pay for 116 acres of the land and to sign the notes of William Stubbs for the balance due for the remaining 187 acres it was done with the further agreement between herself, the vendor, Main, and William Stubbs that the title bond executed by Main to William Stubbs for the conveyance of the 303 acres purchased by him should be surrendered to Main, and that, if William Stubbs failed to pay the notes at maturity, she should pay them, and that thereupon Main should…
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