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SCRIVNER v. PORTIS MERCANTILE COMPANY

No. 4-9844.

250 S.W.2d 119 (1952)

SCRIVNER et al. v. PORTIS MERCANTILE CO. et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 30, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed B. Cook, Blytheville, for appellants.

John S. Mosby, Lepanto, James E. Hyatt, Jr., Osceola, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a controversy between rivals who seek to lease, for farming purposes, certain sixteenth section school lands, title to which is still in the State. In 1951 the directors of Etowah School District offered the property for lease to the highest bidder. The appellant David Scrivner and the appellee Portis Mercantile Company submitted the only two bids. The directors accepted the Portis bid, but when the company's subtenants went to...

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