MAULDIN v. UNITED STATES

No. LR-77-C-101.

468 F.Supp. 422 (1979)

Carolyn MAULDIN, Administratrix of the Estate of Osco Evans, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Arkansas, W. D.

April 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil Stratton, Conway, Ark., for plaintiff.

Shawna Brown, Tax Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


OPINION

ARNOLD, District Judge.

This is an estate-tax case. The facts are not in dispute. Osco Evans died intestate, leaving a widow and two daughters. Under the statutes of Arkansas, the widow was entitled to dower and homestead in real estate left by the decedent. Under Ark. Stats. § 62-701, it was the duty of the daughters, as heirs at law, to "lay off and assign such dower as soon as practicable . ....

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