Jordan v. Jordan

This appeal and cross appeal present separate controversies between the appellee as the widow of B. S. Jordan and the appellants, Jordan’s two children by an earlier marriage. On the appeal the question is whether the widow’s homestead in Little Rock includes a commercial building on the rear part of the lot. The proof shows that before 1924 Jordan acquired the homestead now in dispute. The house itself occupies a corner lot and faces Tenth Street. In 1924 Jordan constructed a sheet-iron business building on the back part of the lot. ' This building fronts on the side street and is numbered…