SPOTTS v. LEWIS

No. 5-4302.

419 S.W.2d 622 (1967)

243 Ark. 272

Lillie Mae SPOTTS, Admx., et al., Appellants, v. Ella LEWIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 23, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Gibson, Dermott, for appellant.

Robert M. Smith, McGehee, and Mathew Horwitz, Milwaukee, Wis., for appellee.


BROWN, Justice.

Bennie Lewis and Ella Lewis, subsequently divorced, owned a tract of land by the entirety. Upon the complaint of Ella Lewis, appellee here, the chancellor ordered the ejectment of appellants, widow and certain children of Bennie Lewis, deceased. Ella Lewis claimed under a right of survivorship. Appellants claimed title by adverse possession on the part of Bennie Lewis during his lifetime. Appellants held over after Bennie's death. The chancellor held...

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