Legal Opinion

Tucker v. Leonard

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 3, 1958No. 5-1445PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sam RobiNsoN, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the chancery court sustaining a demurrer to the complaint. Appellants alleged in the complaint filed in chancery court that a fraud had been practiced upon the probate court in obtaining an order to sell certain property. We do not reach the question of whether the allegation of fraud is well pleaded.

Courts of equity have jurisdiction to grant relief from judgments and orders fraudulently obtained in probate courts. Levinson v. Treadway, 190 Ark. 201, 78 S. W. 2d 59; Manning v. Manning, 206 Ark. 425, 175 S. W. 2d 982. But…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. West v. WaddillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1878
  2. Levinson v. TreadwaySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1935
  3. Beckett v. WhittingtonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
  4. Manning v. ManningSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
  5. Bright v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Brown v. Kennedy Well Works, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
  2. Taggart v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1983
  3. Wilson v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  4. Cotten v. HamblinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961

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