Arnold v. Lawson

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Affirming.

William B. Lawson died intestate on March 17,1889, a resident of Breathitt county, leaving surviving him a widow, Evaline Lawson, six sons and three grandchildren, the only children of a deceased daughter. He owned at his death 2000 acres of land. There was a purchase money lien on the land in favor of W. L. Hurst, which had been reduced to judgment in his life time, and the land had been ordered sold to satisfy it. The judgment was for $165.00 with interest from November 3, 1871,until paid at 10 per cent, per annum;also for $300.00 with…