Paragould Abstract & Real Estate Co. v. Coffman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Greene Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This was a suit by the Paragould Trust Company against the Paragould Abstract & Real Estate Company to foreclose a mortgage upon certain lands and against M. R. Coffman, alleging that he claimed some kind of an interest in the lands, of the exact nature of which plaintiff was not informed.
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Appeal from Greene Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This was a suit by the Paragould Trust Company against the Paragould Abstract & Real Estate Company to foreclose a mortgage upon certain lands and against M. R. Coffman, alleging that he claimed some kind of an interest in the lands, of the exact nature of which plaintiff was not informed. Coffman filed an answer and cross complaint, claiming ownership of the land, deraigning title from the Government to W. T. Sharp, and a conveyance by him on August 23, 1908, alleged the lands to be wild, uninclosed…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). The question for decision in this case is whether appellee, M. R. Coffman, acquired title to the land in controversy by limitation upon the payment of taxes for seven years under section 5057 of Kirby’s Digest, having color of title thereto.
The seven payments of taxes had been made and the seven years had expired after the purchase of said lands by said Coffman from W. T. Sharp, and their conveyance to him on August 23, 1898, and before the filing of' the suit herein on September 22, 1908.
The land was wild, unimproved and uninclosed, and his first payment…
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