Rucker v. Dixon
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; Actual possession of a portion of the land in controversy was constructive possession of the whole tract described in the deed, and adverse possession thereof by appellants for two years gave title to the whole. 71 Ark. 122; lb. 393.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCueeoch, J.
This was a suit in equity brought by Mary C. Dixon against A. G. Rucker, E. E. Rucker, A. H. Gress and Lizzie Phillips to cancel and remove, as a cloud upon the plaintiff’s title to a quarter section of land in Mississippi County, a donation deed executed by the State Eand Commissioner to one Crabtree, under whom the defendants claim title by mesne conveyances. The forfeiture for taxes upon which the State’s donation deed is based is alleged to be void for the reasons set forth in the complaint. The defendants filed separate answers pleading adverse occupancy of the land under the donation…
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