Ex parte Grooms
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; An examination of the various statutes on the subject that have been in force at different times shows a clear intent on the part of the Legislature to give to the widow the amount provided for in section 3, Kirby’s Digest, for herself and minor children, in addition to her dower rights and the benefits of sections 72 and 74. Act 1846, Digest 1848, section 3, chap. 4, p. 110; Gould’s Digest, § 3; Gantt’s Digest, § 6;…
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; An examination of the various statutes on the subject that have been in force at different times shows a clear intent on the part of the Legislature to give to the widow the amount provided for in section 3, Kirby’s Digest, for herself and minor children, in addition to her dower rights and the benefits of sections 72 and 74. Act 1846, Digest 1848, section 3, chap. 4, p. 110; Gould’s Digest, § 3; Gantt’s Digest, § 6; Mansfield’s Digest, § 3, amended by act 1881; amended again 1901 to the form now appearing in the present digest; 69 Ark.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Under the statutes of this State, a widow is entitled, as a part of her dower, “to one-third part of the personal estate, including cash on hand, bonds, bills, notes, book accounts and evidences of debt whereof the husband died seized or possessed.” Kirby’s Digest, § 2708.
Section 3 of the Digest provides that “when any person shall die leaving a widow and minor children, or widow or minor children, • * * * where the personal estate exceeds in value the sum of three hundred dollars, the widow and minor children, or widow or minor children, as the case may be, may retain the amount of three…
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- Stull v. GrahamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
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- Smith v. CapersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1852
- Horton v. HilliardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
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