Newton v. Russian
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Desha Circuit Court, statement by the court. Appellee brought this suit against appellant for possession of 120 acres of land, alleging that her husband had donated the land from the State as a homestead, and that, during their temporary absence therefrom, appellant had attached and sold it for debt against her husband, and had taken possession thereof under the sheriff’s deed, and that her husband had deserted her.
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Appeal from Desha Circuit Court, statement by the court. Appellee brought this suit against appellant for possession of 120 acres of land, alleging that her husband had donated the land from the State as a homestead, and that, during their temporary absence therefrom, appellant had attached and sold it for debt against her husband, and had taken possession thereof under the sheriff’s deed, and that her husband had deserted her. The answer denied that the land was the homestead of the husband when it was levied on and sold, but alleged that he had abandoned the same as a homestead. The…
1Opinion of the Court
McCuuuoch, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Appellant assigns as error the giving of several instructions by the court of its own motion, and the refusal to give nineteen instructions asked by defendant; but, as the bill of exceptions does not contain any of the instructions, they can not be considered on appeal. The bill of exceptions recites that the defendant asked the court to give instructions numbered respectively from one to nineteen, each of which the court refused, and to which the defendant excepted. It also recites that the court, of its own motion, and. over the objection of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Wilks v. VaughanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
- Pipkin v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
- Sidway v. LawsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
- North Western Mutual Life Insurance v. HeimannIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Tumlinson v. SwinneySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1860
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Stewart v. PritchardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Gazola v. SavageSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FreemanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- J. F. Hartin Commission Co. v. PeltSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- McKenzie v. RumphSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1926
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