Bush v. Cella
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Miller Circuit Court. C. E. Mitchel, Judge. This is an action of ejectment, to recover possession of a lot: in the Town of Texarkana. The complaint is in the usual form, and alleges title in the plaintiff under conveyances from the United States government to one Thomas T. Murray, and from him to the plaintiff.
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APPEAL from Miller Circuit Court. C. E. Mitchel, Judge. This is an action of ejectment, to recover possession of a lot: in the Town of Texarkana. The complaint is in the usual form, and alleges title in the plaintiff under conveyances from the United States government to one Thomas T. Murray, and from him to the plaintiff. The defendant answered, denying plaintiff’s ownership of the lot, and alleging that said Thomas T. Murray, on or about November I, 1885, being the owner of said lot, entered into negotiations with defendant to sell it for him; that Murray proposed to take $300 for it, and…
1Per curiam
Pleading. The allegations of the cross-complaint are slovenly, ambiguous and uncertain as to some of the material facts necessary to sustain it; but the inference may be drawn, by a fair intendment from the allegations, that the defendant either caused the deed upon which the plaintiff relies to be executed to her as security for money loaned him by her husband ; or that it was executed to the plaintiff under an agreement with the husband, who paid the purchase money, that upon repayment by the defendant of the amount, with interest, he should cause the land to be conveyed to the defendant,…
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