Alphin v. Blackmon

S. E. Revels, an old negro preacher, died October 10, 1915, the owner of eighty acres of land, his homestead, in Union County, Arkansas. He left his widow, Ester Revels, four children and'twO' grandchildren, surviving him, one of whom, Willie Eddie Blackmon, a grandchild, was the plaintiff in the court below.

Shortly after the death of Revels, his widow and a number of the children executed a mortgage on a part of the lands left by Revels to secure a debt, and after-wards John Moore, who had married one of the daughters of Revels, made arrangements to pay off the mortgage, and Ester Revels,…