Urquhart v. State

The General Assembly, at its regular 1929 session, passed an act No. 120, entitled “An Act to provide for the quieting* -of the title of the State of Arkansas to the Cummins and Maple Grove plantations in Lincoln County, and for other purposes.” Volume 1, Acts 1929, page 620.

The act is preceded by a preamble -which recites: On November 21, 1902, the Board of Commissioners of the Arkansas 'State Penitentiary entered into a contract with Edmond Urquhart, on behalf of the State, to purchase two adjoining plantations, known as the Cummins plantation and the Maple Grove plantation, to be used as a…