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POWELL v. PEARSON

No. 5-5766.

476 S.W.2d 802 (1972)

G. E. POWELL and Simmons First National Bank, Co-Executors of the Estate of Ben Pearson, Deceased, Appellants, v. Evajane PEARSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chowning, Mitchell, Hamilton & Chowning, Little Rock, for appellant.

Thurman Ragar, Jr., and Carlton Currie, Pine Bluff, for appellee.

HOLT, Justice.

Appellee, the divorced wife of Ben Pearson, deceased, brought this action against the appellants to enforce a "property settlement and alimony agreement" against decedent's estate. In 1951, in contemplation of divorce, Pearson and the appellee made an agreement which provided that Pearson would convey to appellee their homestead and bound himself, his "executors, administrators, or heirs," to pay in full the existing mortgage. As security he agreed...

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