Quattlebaum v. Triplett
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Antonio B. GRAoe, -Judge. STATEMENT BY TI-IE COURT. This suit arose in the probate court of Jefferson county on the petition of S. Galligan, then guardian of Walter A. Rainey, a minor son of W. D. Rainey, deceased, to have vested in said minor $300 of the personal property of deceased, petition alleging the personal estate to be of less value than $800, and that no widow survived, but that deceased Rainey left as heirs said minor and…
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Antonio B. GRAoe, -Judge. STATEMENT BY TI-IE COURT. This suit arose in the probate court of Jefferson county on the petition of S. Galligan, then guardian of Walter A. Rainey, a minor son of W. D. Rainey, deceased, to have vested in said minor $300 of the personal property of deceased, petition alleging the personal estate to be of less value than $800, and that no widow survived, but that deceased Rainey left as heirs said minor and Sallie, Rainey, who has intermarried with Jjee M. Quattlebaum, and her brother, Wright II. Rainey, both of whom were of full…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The question presented for adjudication is, whether the word “children” used in sections 3 and 4 of Sandels & Hill’s Digest shall be construed to mean minor children, or Avhether it includes the children of the parents, regardless of age.
The sections referred to are as follows:
“Sec. 3. When any person shall die, leaving a widow and children, or widow or children, and it shall be made to appear to the court that the personal estate of such deceased person does not exceed in value the sum of three hundred dollars, the court shall make an order vesting such…
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