Flowers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; 1. It is clearly shown that Flowers purchased the property for a homestead, intending to use and .occupy it as such, and worked two years in the effort to put the land in condition to utilize it for that purpose, spending all the means at his command. The homestead laws are liberally construed.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; 1. It is clearly shown that Flowers purchased the property for a homestead, intending to use and .occupy it as such, and worked two years in the effort to put the land in condition to utilize it for that purpose, spending all the means at his command. The homestead laws are liberally construed. Having done all that he could in furtherance of his purpose, the fact that he had not yet actually built a house on the land when ill health compelled him to leave the State temporarily should not defeat his claim. The land was impressed with the…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
On the 14th day of June, 1906, the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company recovered judgment against Henry Flowers and King B. Flowers, Jr., for $286.85 in the circuit court of Garland County, Arkansas. At that time King B. Flowers, Jr., owned the following described tract of land, to-wit: S. W. Ya of the N. E. Ya and the N. E. Ya of the S. E. Ya °f sec. 14, township 2 south, range 19 west, in said county, and about one year after-wards sold it to C. T. Bailey for the sum of $800. In April, 1908, an execution was issued and levied on the lands above described, and the same were advertised…
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- Patrick v. BaxterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1883
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