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  "id": 1400052,
  "name": "Robinson v. Cravens",
  "name_abbreviation": "Robinson v. Cravens",
  "decision_date": "1928-03-19",
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  "first_page": "682",
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    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
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    "parties": [
      "Robinson v. Cravens."
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      {
        "text": "Humphreys, J.\nAppellees brought suit in the circuit court of Greene County, First Division, against appellant, in ejectment, to recover a strip of land five feet wide 'by thirty-six feet long, described as follows: \u201cBeginning at a point 60 feet south of a point 75 feet east of the northwest corner of said lot 6, block 1, of Hunt\u2019s Addition to Paragould, Arkansas, running thence east 36 feet, thence south 5 feet, thence west 36 feet, thence north 5 feet, to place of beginning. \u2019 \u2019\nAppellees claim title to the strip by purchase and warranty deed of date November 16, 1923, from Robert Rutherford, alleging that said strip was embraced in the land described in the deed, which description is as follows: \u201cThat part of lot 6, in block 1 of Hunt\u2019s Addition to Paragould, Arkansas, described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of said lot 6 and run east on north line thereof 75 feet, thence south 50 feet, thence east 36 feet, more or less, to the alley, thence south 30 feet, thence west to the east line of Pruett Street, at a point which is 48 feet south of the beginning, and thence north to the northwest corner of said lot 6.\u201d\n\u2022 It was further alleged in the complaint that appellant was in the unlawful possession of the land, claiming title thereto by mesne conveyances from Robert Rutherford.\nAppellant filed an answer to the complaint, denying that the strip of land was embraced in the land described in appellee\u2019s deed of date November 16, 1923, from Robert Rutherford, or that he was in the unlawful possession of same. He admitted that he was in possession of the strip of land in question, but alleged that he was in the rightful possession thereof by deed from Dora Bridges, who obtained title thereto by devise from Robert Rutherford.\nAccording to the allegations contained in the pleadings, it will be obseryed that each claimed title to the strip in question from the same source.\nThe cause was submitted upon the pleadings,' the testimony introduced by the respective parties and the instructions of the court, which resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellees for the strip of land in question, from which is this appeal.\nAppellant contends for a reversal of the judgment, because he alleges that there is no substantial evidence in the record to-sustain same. Appellee introduced his deed and an engineer by the name of J. E. G-arrett, as a witness, in an effort to show that the strip of land in question was embraced within the boundaries of the land described in his deed from Robert Rutherford. The engineer was unable to locate the boundary lines in the deed, because he could not locate the beginning point. He was unable to find any plat of Hunt\u2019s Addition to Piaragould, or any other plat by which he could determine the width of Pruett Street, referred to in the description, so as to definitely locate the east line thereof, or to find any map or plat showing the width of the alley referred to in the description, or to obtain any other accurate information by which he could determine the beginning point called for in the deed. After acquiring such information as he did, he made a tentative plat of lot 6, block 1, of Hunt\u2019s Addition, which he admitted was not accurate or dependable.\nBefore the dispute as to the division line between the land claimed by appellees and that claimed by appellant can be determined, it will be necessary to definitely locate tbe beginning point in some way in appellee\u2019s deed. If be recovers at all be mnst recover upon tbe strength of bis own title, and, in order to show that tbe strip is embraced in tbe boundaries mentioned in bis deed, be must in some way definitely locate tbe boundaries.\nWe are not quite sure that tbe case has been fully developed, else we would reverse tbe judgment and dismiss tbe case. Thinking perhaps that these boundaries can be definitely ascertained in some way, we reverse tbe judgment, and remand tbe case for a new trial.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Humphreys, J."
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "M. P. Huddleston, for appellant.",
      "Jeff Bratton, for appellee."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "Robinson v. Cravens.\nOpinion delivered March 19, 1928.\nM. P. Huddleston, for appellant.\nJeff Bratton, for appellee."
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  "file_name": "0682-01",
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