Dodson v. Mayor & Town Council

Eakxn, J. :

On the 10th of October, 1877, the town of Fort Smith, by its attorney, presented to the Sebastian County Court a petition for annexation to itself, of certain contiguous territory, described as follows : f “ The N. W. 1-4 of section 16, and all “ of section 17 lying in the State of Arkansas ; and all of sec-, “tipn 8 lying in the State of Arkansas, not included in the “ present limits of Fort Smith, except that part of section 8 “known as DuVal’s new addition, and that portion known as. “DuVal’s field: all in T. 8 N. of R. 32 west, situated in “Sebastian county.” The petition…