Cupp v. Frazier's Heirs

387 S.W.2d 328 (1965)

Cecil W. CUPP, Jr., Administrator, et al., Appellants,

v.

FRAZIER'S HEIRS, Appellees.

No. 5-3439.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 1, 1965.

Huie & Huie, Otis Turner, J. E. Still, Arkadelphia, for appellants.

John W. Simmons, Arkadelphia, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This proceeding to determine the heirs of Clara McFadden Frazier presents two questions—to some extent novel ones— about the devolution of ancestral property under our statutes of descent and distribution.

The facts are stipulated. Clara's mother, Mamie McFadden, a widow, owned the land in question, as a…