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SMITH v. DEAN

No. 5-935.

290 S.W.2d 439 (1956)

Vanteen Dean SMITH, Appellant, v. Ernest DEAN et al. Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 21, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCourtney, Brinton, Gibbons & Segars, Jonesboro, for appellant.

John S. Mosby, Lepanto, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In 1953 the appellant, Vanteen Dean Smith, was convicted of having murdered her former husband, Harold Dean. Smith v. State, 222 Ark. 650, 262 S.W.2d 272. Thereafter she filed a petition in the probate court, asking (a) that Dean's entire estate be vested in her as the surviving tenant by the entirety, and (b) that in the alternative she be allowed the widow's statutory allowance of $1,000. Ark.Stats...

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