Lowrey v. Lowrey

Conley Byrd, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in awarding appellee Lucy Lowrey, as part of her property rights under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 34-1214 (Repl. 1962), a one-third interest in a pending Jones Act claim of appellant Pete Lowrey, Jr. The trial court, upon the award of divorce to appellee, awarded “as her statutory interest, one-third of all proceeds derived either by judgment or settlement from the suit of Pete Lowrey, Jr. v. Canal Barge Lines Inc. ” and directed appellant to execute an assignment.

We reverse the action of the trial court for the reasons set…