Whitmore v. Brown
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; J. E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT OE EAOTS. Appellee brought this suit in equity against appellant to quiet his title to lots 1 and 2 and the north five feet of lot 3, block 9, Fleming & Bradford’s Addition to the city of Little Bock in Pulaski County, Arkansas. Mrs. Eva W. Whitmore filed an answer for herself, and her minor children, who were also made defendants in the court below, filed an answer through their guardian ad litem.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; J. E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT OE EAOTS. Appellee brought this suit in equity against appellant to quiet his title to lots 1 and 2 and the north five feet of lot 3, block 9, Fleming & Bradford’s Addition to the city of Little Bock in Pulaski County, Arkansas. Mrs. Eva W. Whitmore filed an answer for herself, and her minor children, who were also made defendants in the court below, filed an answer through their guardian ad litem. The case was tried before the court upon a state of facts substantially as follows: Y. E. Whitmore and Eva W. Whitmore…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). The decree for alimony in gross in the sum of $3,000 was entered by consent of the parties and was for the benefit alone of Eva W. Whitmore. She saw fit to execute a quitclaim deed to R. O. Brown for the lots in controversy, and thus disposed of any possible interest she might have in the lots. Therefore, the question of whether the original divorce decree constituted a lien upon the lots in controversy to secure this amount passes out of the case.
The only question raised by the appeal is whether or not the original divorce decree of the date of April 21, 1919,…
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