Gates v. Solomon
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Eonoke Circuit Court. Geo. M. Chaplin®, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Dan Eagle died in 1874, seized and possessed of certain lands, and left surviving him E. M. Eagle, his widow, and Bettie Foster, born Eagle, E. F. Fewell, born Eagle, W. C. Eagle and Eettie Eagle, his heirs. Since then his widow married E. F. Solomon. His heirs are his children.
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Appeal from Eonoke Circuit Court. Geo. M. Chaplin®, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Dan Eagle died in 1874, seized and possessed of certain lands, and left surviving him E. M. Eagle, his widow, and Bettie Foster, born Eagle, E. F. Fewell, born Eagle, W. C. Eagle and Eettie Eagle, his heirs. Since then his widow married E. F. Solomon. His heirs are his children. F. Gates brought this action against E. M. Solomon, E. F. Solomon, Bettie Foster, W. C.' Eagle and Eettie Eagle to recover one undivided fifth of said lands, and alleged in his complaint that E. F. Fewell, on the 3d day of January,…
1Opinion of the Court
Battle, J-,
(after stating the facts.) Under the Constitution of this State the widow is entitled to the homestead of her deceased husband, if he was a resident of this State at the’ time of his death, for and during her natural life. His minor children are entitled to share it with her. But it can not exceed one hundred and sixty acres. Constitution of 1874, art. 9, § § 3-6. Mrs. Solomon,averring that the land in controversy constituted the homestead of her husband at the time of his death, claims this right in the second paragraph of her answer, and in so doing set up a good and valid…
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