116 Ark. 496 | Ark. | 1915
(after stating the facts). Appellee’s right to maintain the action was based upon his ownership of the land, which was denied by the answer, and the court erred in not giving said instruction requested by appellant and in giving said instruction requested by appellee. Appellee deraigned his title through a grant from the State, of date December 16, 1873, and appellant showed the lands had been purchased from the State by Thos. J. Jarnigan, and a certificate issued therefor in 1862. That Jarnigan conveyed the lands to others and that they had been finally conveyed to her father, from whom she -and the other defendants inherited. A complete chain of title was not shown.
For the error in refusing said instruction the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.