Bryant v. Lemmons

George Rose Smith, Justice.

In 1976 the two appellees filed their petition in the probate court for a determination first, of the heirship of their grandfather, Tom Herron, who died in 1938 allegedly owning 20 acres of land in Lonoke county, and second, of the heirship of their father, Joseph Herron, who died in 1967 allegedly owning the same 20 acres. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 62-2914 (Repl. 1971). The two appellants were joined as respondents on the ground that they claimed some interest in the 20 acres through the estate of Tom Herron’s widow, Mary Ella Herron Ray, who remarried after Tom’s death.…