Street v. Saunders
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL PROM CHICOT CIRCUIT COURT. IIon. Henry B. Morse, Circuit Judge. "W e submit that Saunders, at the time of liis death, did not own, or did not die seized or possessed of the crop of cotton. The personal property acquired by the husband through the wife, and reduced to possession, becomes his absolute property; his conveyance of the saméis valid; she, having no' vested rights therein, is not entitled to dower as against the purchaser.
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APPEAL PROM CHICOT CIRCUIT COURT. IIon. Henry B. Morse, Circuit Judge. "W e submit that Saunders, at the time of liis death, did not own, or did not die seized or possessed of the crop of cotton. The personal property acquired by the husband through the wife, and reduced to possession, becomes his absolute property; his conveyance of the saméis valid; she, having no' vested rights therein, is not entitled to dower as against the purchaser. Cook vs. Cook, 12 Ark., 381. Growing crops being emblements, go to the executor, unless the heir assigns the land sown to the widow for her dower, then she…
1Opinion of the CourtBennett, J.
William B. Street, the appellant, at the March term, 1872, in the Circuit Court of Chicot county, filed his complaint to recover the possession of seven bales of cotton; of which cotton the defendant below, and appellee here, had possession, and claimed the same as part of her dower in the estate of her deceased husband. . This was an amicable suit, submitted to the court below upon the following agreed statement of facts: “That John TI. Saunders, on the 17th of July, 1871, executed his trust deed, in favor of appellant, to secure the payment of certain indebtedness mentioned therein. By said…
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