Brown v. Brown

Gtrippin Smith, Chief Justice.

The appeal is from a decree wherein Sec. 8222 of Pope’s Digest was relied upon. The statute is discussed at length in Davis v. Cullums, 205 Ark. 390, 168 S. W. 2d 1103.

In 1932 John Oliver Brown married Martha, a widow with two sons and a daughter. July 15, 1941, John left Martha and his step-children in Stuttgart and went to Chicago. October 21 following John wrote the letter shown below.

September 15, 1943, Martha sued for divorce. Appropriate jurisdictional steps were taken, including appointment of an attorney 'ad litem. John received notice that the snit was…