HUTCHISON v. SHEPPARD

No. 5-954.

290 S.W.2d 843 (1956)

Porter HUTCHISON et ux. Appellants, v. Kate Anthony SHEPPARD et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pickens & Pickens, Newport, for appellants.

Kaneaster Hodges, Newport, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

For the second time an appeal and cross appeal bring this case up for review. The suit was brought by the appellees, Kate Anthony Sheppard and others, to recover possession of 120 acres. The defense of the appellants, Porter Hutchison and his wife, was a claim of title in themselves. Our first opinion held that the Hutchisons had only an estate pur autre vie, which was terminated by the death of Edgar Anthony in 1953, and that Mrs...

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