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ROBINSON v. SHIVLEY

No. 5-2527.

351 S.W.2d 449 (1961)

Maude ROBINSON, Appellant, v. Jim SHIVLEY, Administrator, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 27, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bon McCourtney & Associates, Claude B. Brinton, Bon McCourtney, by Claude B. Brinton, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Harry L. Ponder, Walnut Ridge, Patrick O. Freeman, Jr., Thayer, Mo., for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is an application by the appellant, as the widow of Thomas J. Robinson, for an award of statutory allowances from her husband's estate. Ark.Stats. 1947, § 62-2501. The administrator contested the petition on the ground that Mrs. Robinson had joined with her prospective husband in an antenuptial contract by which she relinquished all claims to "dower, homestead, widow's award, or other right" in her husband's estate. The probate...

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