Johnson v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Columbia Chancery Court; James M. Barker, Chancellor; 1. The sale of the land by the administrator of R. O. Taylor was a valid sale and vested the title in the vendees on its confirmation. The widow had conveyed her homestead rig’hts. The minor children were with their mother in another State and the lands were subject to the payment of debts of the deceased R. O. Taylor, and the sale was valid.
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Appeal from Columbia Chancery Court; James M. Barker, Chancellor; 1. The sale of the land by the administrator of R. O. Taylor was a valid sale and vested the title in the vendees on its confirmation. The widow had conveyed her homestead rig’hts. The minor children were with their mother in another State and the lands were subject to the payment of debts of the deceased R. O. Taylor, and the sale was valid. Kirby’s Digest, § 3898; art. 9, § 3, Const. 1874; 21 Cyc. 458. Under the facts of this case the lands weré not a homestead. 26 Am. St. 319; 29 So. 777; 21 Cyc. 467. The proof shows that…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
This suit was commenced on September 13, 1916, as an ejectment suit by appellees against appellant in the Columbia Circuit Court to recover certain lands alleged to have comprised the homestead of their father, R. O. Taylor, at the time of his death, and for damages on account of rents and timber out during the detention thereof by appellant. The complaint alleged ownership in appellees of the land by inheritance from their father, and that appellant was in the unlawful possession thereof.
Appellant answered, admitting that appellees were the only heirs of E. O. Taylor, deceased, hut that…
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