McDonald v. Smith
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John U. Martinecm, Chancellor; Appellees obtained no title by the alleged conveyance of W. H. Smith. 67 Ark. 15; 88 Ark. 56; 80 Ark. 421; 86 Ark. 448; 19 Tex. 303. The weight of the evidence is against the decree and the validity of the conveyance. 119 Fed. 406; 16 Pa. St. 212; 37 La. Ann. 871; 41 N. J. Eq. 167; 27 Pa.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John U. Martinecm, Chancellor; Appellees obtained no title by the alleged conveyance of W. H. Smith. 67 Ark. 15; 88 Ark. 56; 80 Ark. 421; 86 Ark. 448; 19 Tex. 303. The weight of the evidence is against the decree and the validity of the conveyance. 119 Fed. 406; 16 Pa. St. 212; 37 La. Ann. 871; 41 N. J. Eq. 167; 27 Pa. St. 333; 14 la. 481; 116 Mo. 155; 98 Wis. 559; 7 Wheat. 283. The burden was upon appellees to show that the transaction was freely entered into by Mrs. Smith. 60 Ark. 301; 119 Ala. 641; 8 Conn. 254; 50 Md. 480; 122 Pa. St. 256. The…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
This was an action originally instituted by Martha Smith to set aside and cancel conveyances executed by her for a tract of land'in Pulaski County, upon the ground that they were obtained by. fraud. During the pendency of the suit, and after she had given her testimony in the case, Martha Smith died, and this suit was revived in the name of her representative. She had been twice married, and by her first husband she had a son named Corrie McDonald, who at the time of the institution of this suit was 40 years old, and at her death was her sole heir. In 1885 she married her second husband, W.…
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