Mobley v. Andrews
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Sharp Circuit Court. James W. Butler, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 6th of June, 1889, C. J. Andrews, as administrator of the estate of N. A. Puckett, deceased, filed his petition in ■the probate court of Sharp county, alleging therein that Daniel Puckett died, in said county, in the month of February, 1887, intestate, leaving the said N. A. Puckett, his widow, surviving; that he was the owner of lands upon which he resided at the time of his death; that,…
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APPEAL from Sharp Circuit Court. James W. Butler, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 6th of June, 1889, C. J. Andrews, as administrator of the estate of N. A. Puckett, deceased, filed his petition in ■the probate court of Sharp county, alleging therein that Daniel Puckett died, in said county, in the month of February, 1887, intestate, leaving the said N. A. Puckett, his widow, surviving; that he was the owner of lands upon which he resided at the time of his death; that, no dower having been assigned to the widow in the lands of the deceased, she tarried in his house until the 3d day of…
1Opinion of the Court
Battle, J.,
after stating the facts as above.
1. widow entitled to rent of home farm. A cause of action was defectively stated in the petition. v-» ,i i-i.* . , .. „ r rom the allegations in the petition we infer that Daniel Puckett, at the time of his death, was the owner of a mansion or chief dwelling house and a farm thereto attached, and that they were on and a part of the lands mentioned in the petition. If this be true, the widow was entitled to hold and possess the same in person, by tenant or agent, and to the rents accruing therefrom, until her dower in the lands of her husband was…
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