342   After a compromise, they divided the lands embraced in the plat of the original town on the 3rd day of February, 1874; thereafter, in 1880, James T. Trigg platted his first addition of about 120 acres of the Thomas Drennen Headright Survey. In 1882 Colonel F. M. Henry, Judge B. T. Estes and James T. Trigg platted Trigg's Second Addition.   There are numerous other additions surrounding these orginial plattings, both in Texarkana, Arkansas, and Texarkana, Texas, covering a total area of about eight square miles.   The settlement of the titles on the lands of the Arkansas city has involved protracted and expensive litigation.   Cairo & Fulton Railway Company v. Parks   The fractional southwest quarter of Section 30, embracing the heart of the business center of Texarkana, Arkansas, was patented by the United States government to the Cairo & Fulton Railway Company on July 1, 1859, and May 1, 1884. It was forfeited for the nonpayment of taxes for the year 1870, and was purchased by W. P. Parks at tax sale. But on account of an overcharge of 25 cents erroneously assessed for school purposes, the tax sale was set aside as invalid. See Cairo & Fulton Railway Company v. Pars, 32 Ark. 131, decided Novmber, 1877. The courts are careful to protect property against forfeitures.   Kirby et al v. Lewis et al   Thereafter, on the 25th of September, 1883, the state of Arkansas conveyed said lands (the fractional southwest quarter of Section 30; the original town of Texarkana, Arkansas, as incorporated and platted, consisting of about 201 acres) to Joseph F. and John C. Kirby under the swamp land grant. This deed was held void in the decision of Kirby et al v. Lewis et al, 39 Fed. R. 66, on June 4, 1889, Judge Caldwell rendering the opinion; as a result of this the plaintiff dismissed the case as to all the defendants except a partnership owning the large oil mill between the railroads.         Contents Words   Study Questions  Related Sites  Next Page