SHINN v. SHINN

No. 81-142.

623 S.W.2d 526 (1981)

Charles R. SHINN, et al., Appellants, v. Mary SHINN, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crumpler, O'Connor & Wynne, El Dorado, for appellants.

Smith, Jernigan & Smith by Robert D. Smith, III and Vann Smith, Little Rock, for appellees.


HICKMAN, Justice.

The question on appeal is whether the trial court was right in holding that the appellee, Mary Shinn, a widow, had an undivided one-fourth interest in land because she and her deceased husband held that interest by the entirety and not as tenants in common. We agree with the trial court and affirm the decree.

All we have is the face of the instrument itself. In such a case we are to find the intention of the grantor by examining the language...

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