Sibly v. Cason
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Chancery Court; Jesse C. Hart, Chancellor; 1. Notwithstanding appellees’ coverture, they are barred by the two years’ statute. 2. The aggregate cost of eighty-five cents was not excessive, and the tax sale was valid. 72 Ark. 72; 72 Ark. 254-5. The item of 10 cents, clerk’s fee for transferring the name of the purchaser to the tax book, was a lawful charge, a part of the aggregate cost of the sale and required to be paid by the purchaser at the time.
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Appeal from Lonoke Chancery Court; Jesse C. Hart, Chancellor; 1. Notwithstanding appellees’ coverture, they are barred by the two years’ statute. 2. The aggregate cost of eighty-five cents was not excessive, and the tax sale was valid. 72 Ark. 72; 72 Ark. 254-5. The item of 10 cents, clerk’s fee for transferring the name of the purchaser to the tax book, was a lawful charge, a part of the aggregate cost of the sale and required to be paid by the purchaser at the time. If the clerk was derelict in his duty in that respect, his failure does not affect the validity of the sale. The failure to…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
On the 23d day of October, 1903, M. R. Cason and M. R. Hudson, claiming a certain tract of land, commenced a suit against George Sibly and S. S. Sibly in the Lonoke Chancery Court, to redeem it from a sale for taxes of 1895, and to set the sale aside. They alleged that they inadvertently and erroneously permitted the land to be sold on the 8th day of June, 1896, for the taxes of 1895; that it was sold to A. F. Ellis, who assigned the certificate of purchase to Max Frolich, and he conveyed or attempted to convey it to George Sibly and S. S. Sibly; that plaintiffs were at, before and since the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Radcliffe v. ScruggsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
- Salinger v. GunnSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
- Trimble v. Allen-West Commission Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1903
- Lewis v. CherrySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904