Legal Opinion

Sowell v. Housman

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 20, 1944No. 4-7470PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Robins, J.-

Carrie Marshall, of Piggott, Arkansas, being unmarried, on May 31, 1938, executed her last will and testament, by which she devised and bequeathed her property to her sister, Lee Ola Sowell (now Housman), the appellee. It is asserted by appellants that Mrs. Marshall subsequently married J. D. Mitchell. She died on April 22,1943, leaving no children, but leaving surviving her two brothers, J. M. Sowell and George A. Sowell, and Mrs. Alice Dale Sowell Grant, Mrs. Katie Belle Sowell Scogin, Edgar Allen Sowell and Zelma Marie Sowell, who are children of E. A. Sowell, a deceased…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Beene v. HuttoSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1936
  2. Holcomb v. American Surety CompanySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931
  3. Sharp v. Drainage District No. 7Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
  4. Arkansas Bond Company v. HartonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1935
  5. Shoptaw v. SewellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1932

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Thomason v. LedgerwoodSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947

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