BENGEL v. CITY OF COTTON PLANT

No. 4-9579.

243 S.W.2d 370 (1951)

BENGEL v. CITY OF COTTON PLANT.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. J. Dungan and J. Forrest E. Long, Augusta, for appellant.

John D. Eldridge, Jr., Augusta, Dennis W. Horton, Forrest City, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

This litigation involves title to the west forty-six feet of the Wy of Lot 21, Block 16 of the City of Cotton Plant, Woodruff County, Arkansas.

The City alleged title by adverse possession and payment of taxes for more than fifty years by its predecessors. Appellant denied that the City had any interest in the property and claimed absolute ownership. There was a decree in favor of appellee, City, and this appeal followed.

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