Avery Power MacHinery Company v. McAdams

Hart, O. J.,

('after stating the facts.). Appellants seek: to reverse the decree upon the authority of Wheeler & Motter Mercantile Co. v. Knox, 136 Ark. 95, 206 S. W. 46, and Falls v. Driver, post p. 703, in which it was stated that the court adheres to the doctrine that the real estate of an intestate descends directly to the heirs upon the death of the ancestor, subject to the statutory exceptions, and that there is no statute incumbering an heir’s interest in real estate with his indebtedness to Ms ancestor. In other words, it may be stated as the settled rule in this State that, except…