Johnston v. Turner
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Phillips Circuit Court. Hon. John E. Bennett, Circuit Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The appellants, on the Mth day of January, 1870, filed their petition in the probate court of Phillips county to have a homestead assigned them in the lands of their father, Thomas P. Johnston, deceased. The probate court granted the prayer of the petitioners, and the administrators appealed to the circuit court, where the prayer of the petitioners was denied and the appeal dismissed.
By the provisions of the statute, Gould’s Dig., ch. 68, it is provided: Sec. 29. “ Every free white citizen of the state, male or female, being a householder or the head of a family, shall be entitled to a…
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