Dumas v. Owen

This is the fourth appearance of this case in this court. Opinions on former appeals are Owen v. Dumas, 200 Ark. 601, 140 S. W. 2d 101; Dumas v. Smith, Chancellor, 201 Ark. 1057, 147 S. W. 2d 1013, and Dumas v. Owen, 205 Ark. 777, 171 S. W. 2d 294. We will not review these decisions except in so far as they are important to the decision of the question raised on this appeal.

The relevant points decided on those appeals were as follows: E. L. Owen owned, at the time of -his death in 1912, 240 acres of land, and was survived by his widow and ten children. W. E., one o£ these children, claimed to…