Blanks v. Craig
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ashley Chancery Court. Marcus L. Hawkins, Chancellor. Suit by W. L,. Blanks against R. E. Craig, as executor, etc., and others. From a decree in favor of defendants plaintiff has appealed. statement by the court. Mary A. Sumner died in 1891. At the time of her death she was the owner of certain lands in Ashley county.
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Appeal from Ashley Chancery Court. Marcus L. Hawkins, Chancellor. Suit by W. L,. Blanks against R. E. Craig, as executor, etc., and others. From a decree in favor of defendants plaintiff has appealed. statement by the court. Mary A. Sumner died in 1891. At the time of her death she was the owner of certain lands in Ashley county. She left surviving her, as her heirs, Daniel E. White, a son, and Sallie E. Terrell, a daughter, and certain grandchildren, the children of her son W. J. White, who died previous to her death. She left a will, which, so far as the lands in controversy are concerned,…
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
(after stating the facts). This is a controversy concerning the title to land that was once owned by Mary A. Sumner. Another branch of the case has been before this court before, and a fuller history of the case can be had by reference to the opinion in that case. Blanks v. Clark, 68 Ark. 98, 56 S. W. 1063.
Blanks, as shown in the statement of facts, had in 1893 purchased the interest of D. E. White in the estate of his mother, Mary A. Sumner. In 1894, after this deed was executed, Sallie E. Terrell, a sister of White, and the owner of a third interest in the estate of their mother, also died.…
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