{ "id": 1415052, "name": "Woodrow v. Riverside Greyhound Club, Inc.", "name_abbreviation": "Woodrow v. Riverside Greyhound Club, Inc.", "decision_date": "1936-05-25", "docket_number": "4-4280", "first_page": "770", "last_page": "774", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "192 Ark. 770" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "Ark.", "id": 8808, "name": "Arkansas Supreme Court" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 34, "name_long": "Arkansas", "name": "Ark." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "292 S. W. 664", "category": "reporters:state_regional", "reporter": "S.W.", "opinion_index": 0 }, { "cite": "173 Ark. 291", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ark.", "case_ids": [ 8720281 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ark/173/0291-01" ] }, { "cite": "254 S. 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W. 437", "category": "reporters:state_regional", "reporter": "S.W.", "opinion_index": 0 }, { "cite": "80 Ark. 391", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ark.", "case_ids": [ 1491214 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ark/80/0391-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 488, "char_count": 7462, "ocr_confidence": 0.519, "pagerank": { "raw": 7.859102167246708e-08, "percentile": 0.45894973027384994 }, "sha256": "85c3ac34959b6ad6b8347d91495ebaaaab5ace22d3fad5f59aac54469314d68e", "simhash": "1:093eba8e053ef890", "word_count": 1266 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T21:15:38.173054+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "Woodrow v. Riverside Greyhound Club, Inc." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Johnson, C. J.\nOn February 28, 1935, E. E. Fox and wife for a recited consideration of $650, .conveyed to L. D. Landers the \u201cHarahan Racing Park\u201d which is a small acreage tract of land situated on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Crittenden county, Arkansas, and immediately adjacent to the city of Memphis, Tennessee. For the purposes of this opinion it is not necessary to describe this tract of land by metes and bounds. The granting clause of this deed of conveyance reads as follows:\n\u201cThat we, E. E. Fox, of Columbus, county of Franklin, State of Ohio, and Frances M. Fox, his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of six hundred and fifty and 00/100 ($650.00) clollars, of which three hundred and fifty ($350) dollars, was paid in cash, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and one promissory note of even date, in the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars, being due and payable on or before the 28th day of August, 1935, by L. D. Landers, the said E. E. Fox, and wife, Frances M. Fox, do hereby grant, sell and quitclaim unto the said L. I). Landers all of their right, title and interest, in and to the following lands lying in Crittenden County, State of Arkansas, to-wit: \u2019 \u2019\nSubsequent to the delivery of said .deed the appeL lants here, John A. Woodrow, Shirley J. Cowing, John Mackler and J. H. Ellis instituted this suit in the Crittenden Chancery Court against L. D. Landers, Mabel Landers, Riverside Greyhound Club, E. E. Fox, Frances M. Fox, R. Y. Wheeler and George H. Partin, appellees here, the purpose of which was to obtain a decree declaring appellees trustees of.said tract of land instead of owners in fee as they appear to be of record.\nGenerally, it was alleged by appellants that the Landers, Wheeler and Partin entered- into a conspiracy the purpose of which was to acquire by fraudulent' means and methods the \u201cHarahan Racing\u2019 Park\u201d property. Specifically the complaint alleged that appellants are the owners in fee of said property and that E. E. Pox held the naked legal title thereto; that the Landerses, Wheeler and other appellees well knew of the limitations upon Pox\u2019s title at the time of the conveyance first mentioned and purchased subject to the trust relation; that as an inducement and procuring cause of said purchase and sale Partin falsely, fraudulently and corruptly represented to Pox that the property had been sold for State and levee taxes and that the time for redemption thereof had long since expired; that said representations were knowingly and wilfully false and untrue and were made for the purpose and did induce Pox to execute said deed. Other things are alleged by appellants, but the above will suffice to show'- the trend of the issues joined.\nBy joint and separate answers all the material allegations of the complaint were put in issue. The appellees, Riverside Racing Club, Landers and Wheeler affirmatively pleaded that they and each of them were and are innocent purchasers for value of said tract of land and without > notice of any trust relation between Pox and appellants at the time of the purchase.\nUpon testimony adduced by the parties the chancellor dismissed appellants\u2019 complaint for want of equity from Avhich this appeal comes.\nWe have concluded that the chancellor was correct in dismissing the complaint for the following reasons: first, that appellees Riverside Greyhound Club and the Landerses by their respective purchases from Pox occupy the position of innocent purchasers for value without notice of appellant\u2019s asserted rights. This conclusion is impelled because the laAv is well settled in this State, as well as elsewhere, that one AAdio purchases property in good faith and pays a valuable consideration therefor without notice of secret equities becomes the owner thereof. Green v. Clyde, 80 Ark. 391, 97 S. W. 437; St. Louis & Ark. Lbr. & Mfg. Co. v. Godwin, 85 Ark. 372, 108 S. W. 516; Davis v. Harrell, 101 Ark. 230, 142 S. W. 156. This rule is also applicable as against the beneficiary of a secret trust in real estate. Rubel v. Parker, 107 Ark. 314, 155 S. W. 114; Bragg v. Hartney, 92 Ark. 55, 121 S. W. 1059; The Calais Steamboat Co. v. Scudder, 67 (2 Black) U. S. 372.\nThe only contradiction in the testimony that Landers purchased the tract of land from Fox upon the faith of Fox\u2019s record title is that Fox claims that Partin, who acted as Landers\u2019 agent in the purchase and sale, knew all about Fox\u2019s title and appellants\u2019 trust agreement. Partin denied in his testimony that he knew anything about the alleged trust relation between appellants and Fox at the time of the purchase. This suffices to show that the chancellor\u2019s finding that Landers is an innocent purchaser for value is not against a preponderance of the testimony and under repeated opinions of this court cannot be overturned on this appeal. Harlan v. Edwards, 182 Ark. 1185, 31 S. W. (2d) 127; Jackson v. Banks, 182 Ark. 1185, 33 S. W. (2d) 40; Menees v. Strickland, 183 Ark. 1153, 34 S. W. (2d) 772.\nBut appellants contend that Landers\u2019 grantee, the Greyhound Racing Club, is in no event an innocent purchaser for value because, as it is argued, that R. Y. Wheeler, its president, conveyed an undivided one-half interest in said property to Fox in 1927; that Wheeler held the title in trust and thereby knew that his conveyance to Fox was likewise in trust. The conveyance from Wheeler as trustee to Fox was exhibited in testimony as also was the resolution of the beneficiaries in the Wheeler trust directing Wheeler to convey to Fox. Without setting out in detail the Wheeler deed to Fox or the resolution authorizing its execution, neither one has one word or sentence indicating that Wheeler\u2019s conveyance to Fox was in trust or in continuation of the trustee relationship theretofore existing. On the contrary the resolution of the Wheeler trust beneficiaries authorizes and directs Wheeler as trustee to convey to Fox without limitations and Wheeler\u2019s conveyance to Fox merely followed directions. It follows from what we have said that Wheeler had no notice of any trust relation between Fox and appellants and that the Riverside Greyhound Club is an innocent purchaser for value from Landers without notice.\nSecondly, the testimony adduced by appellants is wholly insufficient to show that Fox in his sale to Landers acted upon any representation of existing\" facts, in reference to the property, made by Partin, True it is that Fox says that Partin misrepresented the status of the title to the property and the uses contemplated thereof in the event of purchase, 'but Fox further admits that he did not rely upon any representation made by Partin. This because he immediately communicated with attorneys located in Memphis, Tennessee, in close proximity to the property and specifically refused to consummate the deal with Partin until advised to do so by his Memphis attorneys. On this phase of the case the law is that to warrant the court in setting* aside a conveyance as being superinduced by fraudulent representations the testimony must not only show such fraudulent representations, but that the grantee relied thereon. Troyer v. Cameron, 160 Ark. 421, 254 S. W. 688; Nix v. Kirkland, 173 Ark. 291, 292 S. W. 664.\nNo error appearing, the decree is affirmed.'", "type": "majority", "author": "Johnson, C. J." } ], "attorneys": [ "Harrison, Smith & Taylor, for appellants.", "N. F. Lamb, Chas. D. Frierson, Charles Frierson, Jr., for appellees." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "Woodrow v. Riverside Greyhound Club, Inc.\n4-4280\nOpinion delivered May 25, 1936.\nHarrison, Smith & Taylor, for appellants.\nN. F. Lamb, Chas. D. Frierson, Charles Frierson, Jr., for appellees." }, "file_name": "0770-01", "first_page_order": 790, "last_page_order": 794 }