Beard v. Beard
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court, Chicka-sawba District; Archer Wheatley, Chancellor; There is only one question before this court, and that is the nature of the estate acquired by Don P. Beard from his father. If it was ancestral, appellee is entitled to dower in the lands for life; if the lands were a new acquisition, she is entitled to dower in said lands in fee.
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Appeal from Mississippi Chancery Court, Chicka-sawba District; Archer Wheatley, Chancellor; There is only one question before this court, and that is the nature of the estate acquired by Don P. Beard from his father. If it was ancestral, appellee is entitled to dower in the lands for life; if the lands were a new acquisition, she is entitled to dower in said lands in fee. Kelley’s Heirs v. McGuire settles the principles of this case. 19 Ark. 401. This case falls within the rule in 107 Ark, 504. See, also, 97 Ark. 568; 98 Id. 568; 69 Id. 237. When appellant, the father of appellee’s husband,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellee is the widow of Don P. Beard, deceased, who was the owner of a tract of farm land in Mississippi County, and the only question involved in the present controversy is whether the decedent held the lands as a new acquisition by purchase, so as to give his widow a title in fee to her dower interest, or as an ancestral estate, so as to limit the widow’s dower interest to an estate for life.
There is no substantial dispute concerning the material facts of the case. The lands in question were originally owned by appellant, "W. A. Beard, the father of Don P. Beard, and the former conveyed…
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