TEMPLE v. SMITH

No. 5-237.

262 S.W.2d 898 (1953)

TEMPLE v. SMITH et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 21, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bridges & Young, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

B. Ball and Carroll C. Hollensworth, Warren, for appellees.


WARD, Justice.

This appeal calls on us to decide whether the finding of the chancellor is supported by the weight of the testimony.

Ed McClain, a Negro farmer, was found dead in a well on his place on February 26, 1952. On March 17, 1952 a deed was filed for record, shown to have been executed on February 7, 1952, purporting to be signed by the deceased, and conveying his farm to appellee, J. D. Smith. The deed provided that the deceased could live on the...

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