Flowers v. Flowers
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a contest over the proDatiori of the last will and testament of King B. Flowers, who died in Garland County May 6, 1898. The proposed instrument was alleged to have been found on July 24, 1900, by appellant, Henry Flowers, who had previously been appointed administrator of the estate of said decedent, and was at once filed for probate by said appellant.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a contest over the proDatiori of the last will and testament of King B. Flowers, who died in Garland County May 6, 1898. The proposed instrument was alleged to have been found on July 24, 1900, by appellant, Henry Flowers, who had previously been appointed administrator of the estate of said decedent, and was at once filed for probate by said appellant. After notice to John Baldwin, Millie Payne and Fannie Kirk, claimants to the property of decedent under the will of Susan Glass, an aunt, and an alleged heir of decedent, the…
1Opinion of the Court
McCulloch, J.,
(after stating the facts. ) All the parties demanded a struck jury, but waived a regular drawing, and the court, after completing a panel of twenty-one jurors qualified, to try the case, allowed the parties to strike therefrom nine names, thus leaving twelve jurors in the box. It is insisted that the court erred, in this respect, but the record is silent as to which of the parties struck the names, and how many were struck by appellants. No prejudice is shown to appellants’ fights unless it appeared precisely how many names they were allowed to strike, and how many allowed to…
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