Cowley v. Spradlin
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Faulkner Chancery Court; Thomas B. Martin, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. J. O. Cowley died in 1886 or 1887, owning lands in Faulkner County in the following shape as shown by plat: [[Image here]] Cowley at the time of his death had his residence on the land at the place designated by star. He left four children.
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Appeal from Faulkner Chancery Court; Thomas B. Martin, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. J. O. Cowley died in 1886 or 1887, owning lands in Faulkner County in the following shape as shown by plat: [[Image here]] Cowley at the time of his death had his residence on the land at the place designated by star. He left four children. The lands designated on plat as 81 acres and 64 acres (total 145 acres of fractional S. W. section 31, township 8 north, range 11 west) are the tracts in controversy. The 145 acres are held by appellee under a donation deed obtained through forfeiture for taxes for…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) 1. Sec. 4, art. 9, of the Constitution is as follows: “The homestead outside any city, town or village, owned and occupied as a residence, shall consist of not exceeding 160 acres of land, with the improvements thereon, to be selected by the owner, provided the same shall not exceed in value the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars,” etc.
The 64 acres which appellants seek to redeem under the right of homestead were contiguous to the 96 acres upon which the father of appellants lived and had his home at the time of his death. Moreover, the proof showed that…
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