ANDERSON v. PARKER

No. 5-1674.

317 S.W.2d 721 (1958)

Barney ANDERSON, Appellant, v. Doyle E. PARKER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Ball, Warren, Spencer & Spencer, El Dorado, for appellant.

C. C. Hollensworth, Warren, for appellee.


ROBINSON, Justice.

In 1947, Nettie Hatridge Parker executed her will. In 1953 she married the appellee herein, Doyle E. Parker. She died March 26, 1957, and appellant, Barney Anderson, is the sole beneficiary under her will. He has appealed to this Court from an order of the probate court allowing Parker curtesy in the estate of the deceased.

Ark.Stats. § 61-229 provides that curtesy shall be assigned the same as dower. Section 62-704 provides that if...

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