Legal Opinion

Grimes v. Jones

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 29, 1937No. 4-4572PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Griffin . Smith, O. J.

Rufus O. Jones, many years after Ms marriage to. Ida A. Jones, purchased twenty acres of land which he and his wife were occupying at the time of his death in 1922.

In 1908 they executed a joint or reciprocal will, under the terms of which the survivor was to take all property, both real and personal. The husband predeceased the wife, and she became executrix of the estate. Money had been borrowed by Rufus C. Jones from the First National Bank of Rogers, and this obligation remained unpaid when he died. The claim was not filed with the executrix, or with the probate…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Morris v. DooleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
  2. Bobo v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1882
  3. Ward v. MagnessSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  4. Shaver v. NashSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1930

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Marshall v. MarshallCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1941
  2. Dean v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1938
  3. Ozment v. MannSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
  4. Sanders v. TaylorSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
  5. Newell v. BlackSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941

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