Holland v. Bonner
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Randolph Chancery Court; Lymam, F. Reeder, Chancellor; 1. Kirby’s Digest, sections 2650 to 2653, are evidently designed to enlarge the common law doctrine of advancements and to ascribe to the donor that intention most favorable to an equal distribution of his property •among his children.
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Appeal from Randolph Chancery Court; Lymam, F. Reeder, Chancellor; 1. Kirby’s Digest, sections 2650 to 2653, are evidently designed to enlarge the common law doctrine of advancements and to ascribe to the donor that intention most favorable to an equal distribution of his property •among his children. Such has always been the doctrine of this court. 45 Ark. 481; 68 Id. 405; 69 Id. 629; 97 Id. 568. 2. When the difference between the price paid and the actual value of the property is apparent and great, the conveyance will be regarded as an advancement to the extent of that difference. 18 C. J.…
1Opinion of the CourtWood', J.
Appellant instituted this action against the appellee in the chancery court of Randolph County.
The appellant alleged in her complaint in substance that A. O. Armstrong died in 1919, leaving his widow, M. E. Armstrong, and the appellant and the appellee, his only children and heirs at law; that he died seized of 565 acres of land; that before his death he purchased a certain eighty acres as a home for the appellee and allowed her to live upon the same for a number of years without paying any rent and allowed her to sell valuable timber from the land but retained the title in himself and…
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