Anderson v. Parker

In 1947 Nettie Hatridge executed a will leaving all her property to the appellant, Barney Anderson. In 1953 Mrs. Hatridge married the appellee, Doyle E. Parker. Upon the testatrix’s death in 1957 Parker elected to take against the will, as it had been executed before his marriage to the decedent. Ark. Stats. 1947, § 60-501. In an appeal from the probate court we upheld Parker’s claim to a curtesy interest in the estate. Anderson v. Parker, 229 Ark. 683, 317 S. W. 2d 721.

Parker’s right to an allowance of curtesy is again the issue in this case, which began as a suit by Parker to obtain an…