BISHOP v. WILLIAMS

No. 4-9984.

255 S.W.2d 171 (1953)

BISHOP et al. v. WILLIAMS et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Dissenting Opinion February 23, 1953.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virgil R. Moncrief and John W. Moncrief, Stuttgart, for appellants.

Arthur R. Macom and W. A. Leach, Stuttgart, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is an ejectment suit brought by the appellees to recover possession of a tract of land in Arkansas County. In our view the decisive issue is whether a deed executed by W. E. Meacham in 1916 vested the fee simple in the two grantees or merely gave them life estates with remainder to their heirs. The trial court, finding that life tenancies existed, entered judgment for the plaintiffs.

In 1916 Meacham conveyed ninety-five acres...

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