Legal Opinion
Alston v. Bitely
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 13, 1972No. 5-5710PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John A. Fogleman, Justice.
This appeal brings into question the correctness of the amount or portion of the debts of appellant and her former husband, I. T. Alston, to M. H. Bitely, Jr., and E. C. Hardin, Sr., for which she was held liable and lands assigned to her as dower held to be security. We find that there was error in determining these amounts which requires, further proceedings in the chancery court.
Prior to 1960, M.H. Bitely, Sr., and E. C. Hardin, Sr., had both financed the Alston farming operations. A sizeable indebtedness to both had accumulated, and neither was willing to make…
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