Berkely v. Stewart

Opinion by

Judge Lewis:

In 1868 Rowland, by deed duly executed and recorded, conveyed a tract of land in Crittenden county containing one hundred thirty acres to Mary C. Hayden, then the wife of Joel H. Hayden, the consideration expressed being $700, of which $500 were paid and $200 to be paid by Mary C. ayden, for which a note was executed.

In June, 1873, Mary C. Hayden died, followed soon after by her husband, who died in October of the same year. Mary C. Hayden left only one child and heir, Polly, but Joel H. Hayden had by his first wife three children, two of them daughters, married, and one…