CHAPMAN v. MELTON

No. 5-623.

276 S.W.2d 39 (1955)

Wilbur CHAPMAN et al., Appellants, v. Marion MELTON et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gean & Gean, Ft. Smith, for appellants.

Franklin Wilder and Heartsill Ragon, Ft. Smith, for appellees.


GRIFFIN SMITH, Chief Justice.

Wilbur Chapman and his wife Lois, as plaintiffs below, have appealed from a decretal dismissal of their claim to a tract of land 60 x 140 feet upon which they had reconstructed a home. Oral agreements and adverse possession are asserted.

In May, 1945, the Chapmans and Marion Melton and his wife Serena purchased about 11 acres in Fort Smith fronting Fifty-Fourth street on the east and traversed by Johnson street on the north. The...

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