Baum v. Ingraham
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Chancery Court, Fort Smith District; G. R. Barry, Special Chancellor; 1. When Baum, Sr., died, the lots in controversy were unimproved. When his widow conveyed her dower to Ingraham, they were unimproved. When dower is ad-measured in this proceeding, the lots are improved, and dower must be assigned as they were when the right was consummated when the husband died.
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Appeal from Sebastian Chancery Court, Fort Smith District; G. R. Barry, Special Chancellor; 1. When Baum, Sr., died, the lots in controversy were unimproved. When his widow conveyed her dower to Ingraham, they were unimproved. When dower is ad-measured in this proceeding, the lots are improved, and dower must be assigned as they were when the right was consummated when the husband died. If this position is well taken, then— 2. The lots (as unimproved) should have been sold, free of dower, and dower assigned out of the proceeds. It is not questioned that the price paid by Ingraham for the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is the third appearance here of this case, and the facts are fully stated in the former opinions. Ingraham v. Baum, 136 Ark. 101; Baum v. Ingraham, 141 Ark. 243. On the remand of the case after the last appeal, the chancery court decreed an assignment of the dower interest to appellee, Lee H. Ingraham, who had purchased it from the widow of William Baum. A certain portion of the real estate containing one of the houses erected by appellee was assigned to him as the dower interest of the widow. The court then ordered a sale of the property by a commissioner, for the purpose of satisfying…
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- Baum v. IngrahamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
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