Colum v. Thornton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal .from Conway Chancery Court; Jordan Sellers, Chancellor; 1. A homestead right is a privilege personal to the widow, which may be abandoned, and which carries to her no legal interest in the estate beyond this right or privilege, and is held upon condition of its being and remaining her home, whether in reality occupied or not. Const.
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Appeal .from Conway Chancery Court; Jordan Sellers, Chancellor; 1. A homestead right is a privilege personal to the widow, which may be abandoned, and which carries to her no legal interest in the estate beyond this right or privilege, and is held upon condition of its being and remaining her home, whether in reality occupied or not. Const. Art. 9, § 6; 105 Ark. 652; 95 Id. 256; 79 Id. 412; 102 Id. 668; 79 Id. 410; 48 Id. '230; 65 Id. 68; 72 Id. 476; 65 Id. 68. 2. A widow can not have two homesteads. 71 Ark. 594; 107 Id. 284. The legal domicile of the wife follows that of the husband. "When…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
This is a suit for partition brought by appellees against appellants- in the chancery court to divide certain lands situated in Conway County, Arkansas, among the parties according to their respective interests.
Appellants answered alleging that the complaint did not contain all of the lands in which the parties were interested, describing lands in Pulaski County, Arkansas. The lands involved in the partition suit belonged to the estate of R. C. -Colum, who died in Argenta, Arkansas, in 1906, leaving his widow, Rosa Colum now Rosa Thornton, and their children. At the time of his death he owned…
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