Legal Opinion

Dickson v. Dickson

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 18, 1912PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Benton County Chancery Court; T. Haden Humphreys, Chancellor; The deed to appellee was valid and based upon a sufficient consideration. The McNutt case, 78 Ark. 346, settles this controversy conclusively in favor of appellee. See also 80 Ark. 458; 81 Am. Dec. 758; 13 Cyc. 704, and note 79; Id. 743; and note 20; 60 Am. Dec. 682; 29 N. E. 524; 92 N. E. 162; 7 Am. St. Rep. 863; 13 Cyc. 531; 81 111. 176; 75 Ark. 131; 34 Miss. 18; 13 Cyc. 529.

1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.

The plaintiff, E. H. Dickson, and his wife, Arizona Dickson, the defendant in this case, were married in the year 1872, and lived together in Benton County, Arkansas, until December, 1905, when the defendant instituted suit in the chancery court for divorce. The pleadings were made up and proof taken, and the cause was submitted to the chancellor and taken under advisement until the next term of court. In the meantime Mr. Floyd, one of the attorneys for the plaintiff, E. H. Dickson, endeavored to bring about a reconciliation of the parties, and succeeded in his effort. The plaintiff, besides…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kinzey v. KinzeySupreme Court of Missouri · 1893

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Biddle v. BiddleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
  2. Johnson v. SwansonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1945
  3. Price v. PriceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
  4. Phillips v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963

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