WATKINS v. JOHNSON

No. 5-2624.

356 S.W.2d 655 (1962)

William D. WATKINS et al., Appellants, v. A. W. JOHNSON et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker Parker, William H. Schulze and Robert E. Irwin, Russellville, for appellants.

Williams & Gardner and J. M. Smallwood, Russellville, Mehaffy, Smith & Williams and Ray Thornton, Little Rock, Lupardus, Holliman & Huffman, Tulsa, Okl., Martin, Logan, Moyers, Martin & Conway, Tulsa, Okl., Jess W. Van Ert, Oklahoma City, Okl., John F. Curran and M. Darwin Kirk, Tulsa, Okl., for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a suit by the appellants, the heirs of Lewis L. Watkins, to establish their title to a 120-acre tract that was owned by Watkins at his death intestate in 1901. The chancellor sustained a demurrer to the complaint, holding that it showed the plaintiffs to be barred by limitations and laches. The proceeding was accordingly dismissed.

Watkins was survived by his widow and five children, the oldest child then being eight years...

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