Fender v. Helterbrandt
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court; George T. Humphries, Chancellor; 1. The testimony of Joe Helterbrandt that his mother had $1,200 in money at the time she married Rasdon and that he appropriated to his own use is so unreasonable and improbable, and is contradicted by competent testimony to the effect that she had at the time only a small amount of personal property, that his testimony can not be taken as true.
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Appeal from Lawrence Chancery Court; George T. Humphries, Chancellor; 1. The testimony of Joe Helterbrandt that his mother had $1,200 in money at the time she married Rasdon and that he appropriated to his own use is so unreasonable and improbable, and is contradicted by competent testimony to the effect that she had at the time only a small amount of personal property, that his testimony can not be taken as true. But, even if it were true, the common law with reference to marital rights was in force at the time of her marriage to Rasdon, and her personal property and money at marriage became…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
On the 22d of February, 1910, John Rasdon instituted this suit in the chancery court against Joe Helterbrandt to cancel certain notes. John Rasdon died in May, 1910, and the suit was revived in the name of the administrator of his estate.
Joe Helterbrandt and John Rasdon were stepbrothers. John Rasdon was 29 years old when he died.
The deposition of Joe Helterbrandt was taken in August, 1910, and he testified that he was 51 years old. Joe Helterbrandt’s father died during the civil war, and in 1865 his mother married Wiley Rasdon, and they lived together until she died in 1867. Subsequently,…
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