Shegogg v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Pulaski Chancery Court. lion. J. R. Eakin, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Turner, Sp. J.
The plaintiffs, who were heirs at law of Constantine Perkins, deceased, state, that on the fourteenth of November, 1864, the said Constantine, who was a resident of Maury county, Tennessee, died at his home, intestate, leaving a widow, Nancy R. Perkins, but no children, lie had a large estate in Tennessee, real and personal, and a valuable plantation in Arkansis, with the usual accompaniments of stock and farming implements.
By the laws of Tennessee the widow was entitled to all his personal property, subject only to the payment of his debts.
By the laws of Arkansas she was…
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