TRUSTEES OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH v. WARD

No. 85-37.

691 S.W.2d 151 (1985)

286 Ark. 238

TRUSTEES OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 606 North Porter St., Stuttgart; Julius London, Joe Scott, Moses Watson, I.L. Ferguson, Ronald Hold, Stanford Cunningham, Leroy Hill, Columbus Osby and J.D. Reed, Appellants, v. Austin WARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion A. Humphrey, Pine Bluff, for appellants.

Malcolm R. Smith, Stuttgart, for appellee.


HAYS, Justice.

This case involves the sufficiency of notice under Ark.Stat.Ann. § 84-1201.1 (Repl. 1980) to redeem property sold by tax sale. The property in question was conveyed on October 5, 1976 by James Johnson to Oreaner Sales, reserving a life estate with the power to sell. Taxes were not paid for the year of 1976 (due in 1977) resulting in the forfeiture of the property pursuant to Ark. Stat.Ann. § 84-1101 et seq. Austin Ward, appellee, purchased...

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