Criscoe v. Hambrick
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Cross Circuit Court. Hon. W. H. Cate, Circuit Judge. It is immaterial whether Mrs. Hays was married before or after the adoption of the constitution of 1874, or whether she inherited the land in 1873 as alleged in the complaint. The Constitution of 1834, Sec. 3, Art. 10, says : “The property of any femme covert in this state, acquired either before or after marriage,” etc.
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APPEAL from Cross Circuit Court. Hon. W. H. Cate, Circuit Judge. It is immaterial whether Mrs. Hays was married before or after the adoption of the constitution of 1874, or whether she inherited the land in 1873 as alleged in the complaint. The Constitution of 1834, Sec. 3, Art. 10, says : “The property of any femme covert in this state, acquired either before or after marriage,” etc. The case of Shryock v. Cannon, jp Ark., 434, has been overruled in principle by Stone v. Stone, 43 Ark., p. 160; Donohtte v. Mills, 41 Ark., 421. Any defects of acknowledgment are cured by Act March 8, 1883, and…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
In the year 1873, Samuel Hambrick, of Cross county, died intestate, seized and possessed of 400 acres of land and leaving him surviving a widow and eight heirs at law. One of these heirs, Sarah C. Hambrick, was married in September, 1874, to J. H. Hays. And in 1875 Hays and his wife convened all their right, title, interest and claim in and to these lands to a trustee, as security for the payment of a debt which Hays owed to G. W. Criscoe. The deed was duly acknowledged by Hays ; but in regard to.the wife, the officer before whom the acknowledgment was taken only certifies that she, in the…
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