Dickerson v. Union National Bank of Little Rock
268 Ark. 292, 595 S.W.2d 677 (1980)
• Dickerson created a trust. The trust was to continue to until the death of both of her sons and their widows (if any) and …
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If the owner of property never occupied his land, the finder of property on his land has a superior title against the landowner.…
Rule: In order to acquire title by adverse possession, possession must be actual, it must be under claim of title, and the land must be either enclosed or sufficiently improved. Lutzes occupied the Van Valenburgh’s land by building …
Rule: Possession need not be knowingly and intentionally hostile, but it must be notorious enough to give the true owner actual or constructive notice of the encroachment. A property owner sought to enjoin the alleged trespass of an adjoining landowner …
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