Johnson v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1. As disclosed by the record, there was no service on some of the minor defendants, and no one was authorized to enter their appearance. The court ought not to have proceeded until all parties were served. 80 Ark. 351; Ky. Civ. Code § 55, notes; H. Myers, Ky.
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1. As disclosed by the record, there was no service on some of the minor defendants, and no one was authorized to enter their appearance. The court ought not to have proceeded until all parties were served. 80 Ark. 351; Ky. Civ. Code § 55, notes; H. Myers, Ky. Code, 295. ■ 2. Proceedings looking to the same end having been instituted in the probate court,-which had jurisdiction, the chancery court ought not to have assumed jurisdiction until suco proceedings had been finally disposed of in the probate court. 3. The act under which the chancery court proceeded, Kirby’s Digest, § 2707, is…
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Mrs. Fannie Louise Johnson brought suit in Lonoke Chancery Court against her step children, the administrator of her deceased husband’s estate and the guardian of such children as were then minors, praying an assignment of dower in the estate of her deceased husband, A. V. Johnson.
The court found that dower could not be allotted out of the real estate without great prejudice to the widow or heirs, and that it would be most to the interest of the parties that the real estate be sold and the proceeds therof divided and dower apportioned to the widow, as provided by section 10 of…
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