Hildebrand v. Graves

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). At the outset it may be stated that the order of the probate court by which an effort was made to vest the land absolutely in the widow, having been made during the minority of the children, is void. Larkin Murphy died in 1878 intestate, and at the time of his death the land was his homestead. His widow continued to reside on the homestead with their minor children, and the order of the probate court was made in 1884, while the children were yet minors.

In Sansom v. Harrell, 51 Ark. 429, it was held that since the adoption of the Constitution of 1874, which…