Melton v. Melton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Columbia Chancery Court; R. L. Searcy, Special Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was instituted, by the appellant against the appellee at law to recover possession of Lots 25 and 26 in the town of Magnolia. The appellant set up title by virtue of an inheritance from her father, James R. Melton, deceased.
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Appeal from Columbia Chancery Court; R. L. Searcy, Special Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This suit was instituted, by the appellant against the appellee at law to recover possession of Lots 25 and 26 in the town of Magnolia. The appellant set up title by virtue of an inheritance from her father, James R. Melton, deceased. The appellee in her answer denied the allegations of the complaint, and set up that she was the widow of Seeb Melton, and that her husband was the son of James R. Melton, and that James R. Melton during his lifetime conveyed the property to Seeb Melton. That her…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
(after stating the facts). The appellant contends that the court erred in finding that the appellee was entitled to a homestead in the lots in controversy and in refusing to have the dower of appellee in the property allotted and set aside. W. S. Melton and appellee, his wife, had occupied the property in controversy as their home several years before the death of W. S. Melton. About eight months before the death of W. S. Melton, he and appellee went to appellee’s father’s, where they remained until W. S. Melton died. During this time they returned occasionally to their home, the last time…
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