Graves v. Simms Oil Company

The subject-matter of this litigation has heretofore been considered by this court in three separate cases. The first was Mason v. Graves, 265 S. W. 667, not officially reported, 167 Ark. 678, 265 S. W. 667; the second was Hildebrand v. Graves, 169 Ark. 210, 275 S. W. 524; and the third was Murphy v. Graves, 170 Ark. 180, 279 S. W. 359.

Appellant was formerly Mary Murphy, the widow of Larkin Murphy who died intestate in the year 1878, the owner of 160 acres of land in Ouachita County, and leaving surviving him appellant and two children, Joe and Drucilla. This land constituted the. homestead…