Brasch v. Western Tie & Timber Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Chancery Court; George T. Humphries, Chancellor; A record being shown to have existed and to have been lost, and that loss satisfactorily accounted for, parol testimony is admissible to prove its contents. 11 Ark. 367; 26 Ark. 166; 47 Ark. 125; 52 Ark. 103; 33 Ark. 489; 49 Ark. 157; 58 Ark. 277; 22 Ark. 453; 75 Ark. .12; 24 Am. & Eng. Ene. Eaw (2 Ed.), 209, tit.
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Appeal from Jackson Chancery Court; George T. Humphries, Chancellor; A record being shown to have existed and to have been lost, and that loss satisfactorily accounted for, parol testimony is admissible to prove its contents. 11 Ark. 367; 26 Ark. 166; 47 Ark. 125; 52 Ark. 103; 33 Ark. 489; 49 Ark. 157; 58 Ark. 277; 22 Ark. 453; 75 Ark. .12; 24 Am. & Eng. Ene. Eaw (2 Ed.), 209, tit. Records. 1. This cause, being in chancery, is here for trial de novo, and the court will review the whole case. 96 S. W. 134; 75 Ark 751 5° Ark. 366; 48 Ark. 316; lb. 191; 43 Ark. 318; 13 Ark. 350. 2. If the…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
The Western Tie & Timber Company brought suit against Charles Brasch to quiet its title to a certain tract of I land and to cancel a deed held by the defendant for the same. The deed was. executed by the clerk of the county court of Jacksqn County on the sixteenth day of June, 1902, in pursuance of a sale for taxes levied and assessed against the land for the year 1899, and the accrued penalty and cost, made on the nth day of June, 1900. Plaintiff attacked the sale on various grounds, among which are the following:
“The list of lands delinquent for the taxes of 1899 was not filed by the…
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