HomeMy WebLinkAbout5044ORDINANCE No. -J !o 44 •
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $2,000.00 TO BE PAID H. R.
COFFLIAN FOR SERVICES RENDERED THE CITY OF LITTLE ROOK IN THE CASE
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK VS W. E. LENON, EXECUTOR, OF THE COFFMAN
ESTATE, AND FOR OTHER.PURPOSES.
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WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock has received_ the sum of
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�.aaasanc: Dollars (,�__;, 000.00} ��� se �tic,:.;ent of Lhe case of
ti:e Ci'.y of Little Roch vs `W. E. Lenon, Executor of the CoZftian
Estate; and
"'�EAS, H. R. Coffman was the instigator of said actior., v.
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anc recovery of $15,000.00 by the City, and
devoted much time and effort and gave valuable information in
prosecution of the case; therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE RpCit:
Section 1. That the su nn1 ,of Two Thousand Dollars (�2, 000.00)
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the payment of servipes
rendered the City of Little Rock by H. R. Coffman in the case of he
City of Little Rock vs W. E. Lenon, '.Executor, of the Coffman Estate,
wherein the City of Little Rock received the sum of Fifteen Thousand
Dollars ($15,000.00) for the use and benefit of the City Hospital.
Section 2. That the Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby
authorized to issue the Cityts warrant in the sure of Two Thousand
Dollars ($2,000-00), payable from and out of the special fund of
:15,000 received. as a cash settlement of the case of the City of
Little Rock vs W. E. Lenon, Executor, of the Coffman Estate.
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take effect and be in.force from and after its passage.
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Iii THE PU LA -C I CHANCERY ERY C OUR T
GEORGE T. LOVE
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TIORACE A. KING' "LION, Mayor of the
City of Little Rook• LIN"TOOD L.
BRICK140USE, City Attorney of the
City of Little Rook; JOHN L. KRUMMO
Clerk of the City of Little Rook;
O. L. Alexander, Treasurer of the
City of Little Rook; and Tt. R. C0FT{'T4AN Defendants
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COMPLAINT
Plaintiff states that he is a resident, citizen, and tax
payer of the City of Little bock, ,.r?,,ansas; that the defendant,
Horace A. Knowlton, is the duly elected, qualified and acting ?�ayor
of the City of Little Rook, and was Such on the dates hereinafter
set Forth; that the defendant, Linwood L. Briekhouse, i3 the duly
elected, qualified and acting city attorney of the City- of Little
Rock, and was such on the dates hereinafter set forth; that the
defendant, John L. Krum., is the duly elected, qualified an:1 actin,
Clerk of the City of Little Dock, and was :such on the dates heroin-*
after set forth; that the defendant, H. R. Coffman, is a resident
of Litt-le Bock, Pulaski. County, Axka -sas- ' hat (r. L. Alexander is
the duly elected, qualified and acting Treasurer of the Cite of
Little Foek, and was such on the dates hereinafter set forth.
plaintiff states that on t` e 8th day of May, 1933s at a
regular .meetixg, of the Ct.t j Council of the City of Little Itook,
Arkansas, there was introduced, read and duly passed, a certain
resolution Tao. 12380 w Ach resolution authorized the City ttttorney
of the City of Little mock, Arkansas, on behalf of the City of Little
Rock, and for the use and benefit of the Little Dock City I(ospit'al,
to accept the sum of 115 #000.00, in cash, to be paid by Lenox,
as Executor of the 1- 'state of Joan H. Coffman, deceased, and w' -ich
sum was to be in full settlement and satisfaction -)f all right,
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deceased, and disposed of by the terms of his will and codicil,
and in fall satisfaction of all rights which tl -e City of Little
Rook may have had in a certain cause No. 45662, then pending in
the Pulaski CYancery Court, ;.therein the City of Little Rock was
plaintiff aml "T. F. Lenon, as Ilxecutor of the Estate of J. H.
Coffman, deceased, et al., were defendants. That attached hereto
mariced Fxhibit "A" and made €a part of this, complaint is a certified
copy of said resolution. That, as provided by laws, said resolution
was duly approved by the defen,�Knt Horace A. Knowlton, as !;Iayor,
and attested by the defendant, John L. Kruimn, City Clerk of the City
of Little ;Rock.
TYat on the 29th day of May, 19:5, there was duly resid,
introduced, and passed, by a vote of thirteen ayes and t,- =,o noes,
ordinance No. 5044, of the City of Little Rook, the sa::ie being
entitled "An Ordf6nce Appropriating Two Thaxasand Dollars To Be Paid
T�-, Coffrzan For ")ervices Rendered The City of Little Rock In The
Case Of The City Of Little Rock v. '-. i . Lenon, Executor Of The
noffman Fsta!;e, And For Other Purposes." Attached here to, raarked
rxhibit "B ", and made a part of this coinplaint, is a certified copy
of said Ordinance.
As provided by la, said ordinance was duly approved by
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the defendant, Horace J% Knowlton, as 1�,a:; or of t � a City of Little
Rock, Arkansas, and attested Dy the defendant, John L. K °u:1-' -, as
City Clerk. That, although ,section Three of the said Ordinance
purported-to be an emergency clause, the same was improperly drawn
and attached, in that it did not set. forth sufficient facts to
describe tti e emergency as required by lRw, if in fact one existed,
and for said reason plaintiff states that said emergency elt"130
was inoperative, and the said ordinance in uuestion did not and will
not become effective until thirty days from its pasnae
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June 29th, 1933.
Plaintiff states that on May 31, 19b3 , WI-Ach was two days
aftor the pasiage of tre ordinance in question, and before the -game
became effective as an ordinanne, the defendant, Itor_ ace it. Knowlton,
demanded of the defendant John L. Kruima, City Clerk of the City of
Little Rock, that the warrant in question be issued with the result
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that on said date Warrant No. 3851 of the City of Little Nook was
issued by the defendant, John L. Kruim, City Clerk, countersigned
by the defendant, Horace A. Knowlton, mayor of the City of Little
Nook, *chic" warrant wa:s in the surd of X2000.00, payable to ?T. 1
Coffimn. T',at as ori�inatly issued by the defendant, John L. KrumM.
the said warrant was drawn upon and payable from "the Ganeral Revenue
Fund of the Cite of Little Rock ", but after its issuance and attesta-
tion bar the defendant Krirwat the defendant Knowlton wrongfully and
fraudulently erased from the face of said warrant the words "Genv-ral
Revenue Fund of the City of Little Rodk p and substituted in lieu
thereof the words "City Tiospital ,special Fund ". That at the time
said warrant was issued said fund was not in existence, but was
created at the direction of the defendant Knowlton in order to
provide prompt and i::.:.edi+at e payMent of the warrant in question since
the neneral Tievenue Ftixnd of the City of Little Rock was insufficient
to pay the amount of said warrant.
Plaintiff states that the City Tiospital 111pecial Fund wad
created by the deposit with the `l,'reasurer of the City of Little
Rock of the su;n of $15,000.00 received pursuant to the provisions
of Resolution too. 1288 aforesaid, and that such fund constitutes a
trust. fund to be used exclusivell for the use and. benefit of the
Little Rook City Hospital and for no other purpose, and b^ at the
diversion of the suss of 2000.00 from said fund by the defendants
wras illegal, wrongful, and known to be such by the defendant., at
the t.me said warra.rrt was issued, rand that this defenda nts , and each
of them, should be ro ui.red to reimburse said fund with the araount
so wrongfully diverted therefrom.
plaintiff nir then states that the i s suanc a of the said
warrant on the 31st day of MaY, 1433, before the said Ordinance
No. 5044 became effective, was illegal, wrongful, and Maliciously
done by the d`'Andant'l and that the defendants and e ch of them
knew that Ordinance would not becowe effective ^ a period of
thirty day May 29, 1933; that therefore said .v ` should
not have sued, and the defendants , and ea c'. should
be requirf jimburse the said "City T!os pital_... �ndtl vith
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the amount so wrongfully withdrawn froza, said fund by them.
Plaintiff further st %tes that the all%ations sot forth
in said Ordinance No. 5044 area false and. were known to be false at
the time said ordinance was prepared and g- esented to the City
Council of the Cit`° of Little look, in that t�.e defendant, 13. Lo
Coff -rAr never performed or rendered any services to the C; ty of
Little .Pock in the case of tt* City- of Li! tle 1 <ook v. .,. Lenon,
Executor, or any other ca3e, and if na id services were rendered
they were rendere;� n1thout expectation of pecuniary reward or com-
pensation and without specific employment by the City of Little
Rook, and in no event were worth the sum of 1.2000.00; and ;)lair tiff
states that said ordina, ee wnv , in truth and fact gassed IfOr the
special use and benefit of the defers _aunt, Lirrycod L. Brickhouse,
City attorney, in order to give said defendant t:rickhOWe acd _tiona 1
compensation for services rendered the City of Little dock as City
Attorney. '?laintiff st;fates that the defendant, Lirwood L. Brickhouse
is paid a aionthly salary by the City of Little Rock of X215.00 per
month which salary is paid for this services rerviered the City of
Little oak in the capgoity of Cit; Attorney and that he is in no
event entitled to recover additional compensation from the City of
Little :sock for services rendered in tbes case of City of Little :stook
V" ". Lenon, 'zecutor, or any oth€�r cases, and that if the said
defendant Briokhouse received all or any portion of the sum appropri-
ated under Ordinance No. 5044, t1le s :ae was wrongfully and Illegally
received by him, and he should be ordered to repay same to the "City
Hospital ` >pecial Fund "from which said sum was wrongfully diverted.
Pla4l.ntif f further states that preliminary to the passage
of said Ordinance, . everal ;� (: tinbs ,ti.e; °e held by the Ffinance Co; r- I ttee
of the City Council of the City of Lit .,sae Rook at which the question
of awarding the said defendant Brickhouse additional compensation 1 )y&s
discussed, and that as a result of said meetings and said disauss.ions,
the ordinance in q.- e 3 ion wf;s pa is ;r_:d, and pla nti. ft' s tcatos that all
of sRid sum so a►rjr>r#priat.ed under said ordinance w€cs in truth find
fact paid to and received by the defendant Brickhouse, rMat he
should be ordered to return said money to the City of Littler Mock.
Plaintiff stages that he is not advised fai to whether
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said we�rrant ? o. 3851 Yi{ s in truth and fact be >en presented for
payment or whether the :3a-,Ie has bee'= ELI ctuall paid by the City
Treasurer, but if sa:s.e has not been paid then plaintiff asks
that a -,- estrainlng order issue to prohibit cashinz; of said
warrant, and to recivire its deposit in tine registry of this Court,
plaintiff further asks teat if said warrant has been
cashed and +mss proceeds trereof paid to the defendants, any end
all of them, that they, and each of them, be by this court order-
ed and directed to deposit said sur so r ageived by them into the
registry of t??is Court pending a final hearing of this cause.
plaintiff states that, by virtue of the issuance of the
warrant by the defendants, Txor ac a A. Knowlton, Ada;; or , and John L.
Y{tusns , City Clerk, that they, and eaer of then are liable to the
City of Little Rock for the said Bug, of money so wrongfully obtain •
ed by their co- defendants, and that upon a final hearing of this
cause, judg.nent be rendered against then together with judgr ent
against their co -defendants.
platntif f states thAt he :18 a citizen, 'resident and
tax payer of the Oi ty of Little Rock, ^rkansas, and brings t).. is
suit on behalf of himself and all other citizens and tax payers
of the City of Littlo Rock similarly situated, and that by the
conduct on the part of the defendants, and, each of these, this
plaintiff, together with all other citizens of Little Dock, have
suffered irreparable injury and da:; -age.
VStiFRF.FORE, plaintiff asks judgmQnt a�a1.nst the defendants
and each of them, in the sum of t"2000.g0; that a restraining order
issue against t?,e defendants and ea Ch of them to prohibit the City
Treasurer of the City of Little hock from payirW, out any funds to
the credit of the "City Hospital `:one ciai Find" and ' o fur th er
prohibit said City 'Treasurer from paying. warrant Ito. 3851 of the
City of Little Rock, drawn a °a! nst said. fund, or any other *errant
which may be drawn a -minst said fiend, pending a final hearing; of
this cause in t}�.is Court; that a mandatory injunction issue against
the defendants, and each of them, to re uire them, and each of them
to forthwith deposit in the registry of this court the sum of $2000.00
obtained by them, and/or e., ch of them, and /or any of them, ,'s a
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result of ,Cf. t t 3851, drag upon the City Hospital
" °pedal d; vin een pa to them:, or either of them; that
upon a finarir< of tl7tis cause, plaintiff, for the use and
benefit of the City of Little Pock and the City Hospital. ; )pe3c:i 4
I jnd of the City of Little Rocsk, have ,judgment against the
defenlRrts, and ere", of them in the sum of x 000.00, and for all R
other egUitable and proper reliefe
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PULASKI CHANCERY COURT SUMMO
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STATE OF ARKANSAS,
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County of Pulaski.
THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
To the Sheriff of P rJ L `% S K County:
You are commanded to summon $orp.ce A. Knowlto 'S Mayor of the
F City of Little fto4; Linwood ?s. Brickho e, City Attorney of
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the City of Little Rook; John L. Kry ur�n, Clerk of the City of
Little Rock; G. L. Alev+..nder, Treasurer of the City of Little
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Rock; and H. R. Coffman
to answer in twenty days after the service of this summons
them
in the Pulaski Chancery Court by Gporge T. Love
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complaint in equity filed against
and you will make due return of this summons within twenty days after service of same.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court, this 27th day of SM&e A. D., 193 -3.
H. S. NIXON,,,Chancery Clerk.
D. C.
Pat L. 'lobinsoa
Solicitor for Plaintiff.
CITY OF LITTLE RO K
Date ROLL CALL —CITY COUNCIL — OFFICIAL YEAR 1932 -1933
WARDS Names of Aldermen Votes II
Long Term First Aye I No
Terral, Floyd
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C.wwer, C"!Il
SECOND WARD Leiser, H. G. Y
Tuohey, J. H.
IR WARD Wassell, Sam M.
OURT ARD
Adkins, Homer M. G
Winder, Ray
FIFTH WARD Olive, A.
Turner, Roy C.
Duttlinger, C. H.
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Wherry, Geo. R.
II�Adams, George G.
EIGHTH WARD
Conner, Mrs. C. C. I
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Fisher, Merlin
H D Scougale, A.
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CITY OFFICERS AND DEPART- phone I REMARKS
MENT HEADS �� II
MAYOR
Horace A. Knowlton 4 -8416
CITY TREASURER
Oscar D. Hadfield II 4 -2020 II
Harper E. Harb
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CITY ATTORNEY
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Linwood L. Brickhouse
4 -1123
CITY CLERK
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SUPT. PARKS AND SANITATION 111 6813
R. C. Rudisill
John L. Krumm
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CITY COLLECTOR II
II 8932
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James Lawson
II_4 =1278
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CHIEF OF POLICE
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J. L. Bennett
II 4 -1234
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CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
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Charles S. Hafer
1 4 -2851
CITY HEALTH OFFICER
II
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Dr. V. T. Webb
I�_ 5402
CITY VETERINARIAN
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Dr. T. M. Dick
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TY v w LTT% T%A TnV T?JQ'P rTCAR
II II
Geo. D. Ellis II 5402 II
CHIEF FOOD INSPECTOR II 5402 II
Ewell Hopkins —
MEAT INSPECTOR II II
A. F. Coots II 6485
PLUMBING INSPECTOR �I 4 -3000 II
E. L. Gruber
CITY ELECTRICIAN 11
Lester E. Newland II 4 -3508
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CITY ENGINEER II 4 -3000
W. H. Marak I,
III.
SUPT. PARKS AND SANITATION 111 6813
R. C. Rudisill
SUPT. CITY HOSPITAL II
H. K. Ford IL
7161
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CITY LIBRARIAN
Miss Vera Snook
II 8932
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INSPECTOR WEIGHTS & MEASURES
J. E. Nothwang
it 4 -3508
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SUPT. AIRPORT
Joseph A. Young 4 -4460
,)fficial term of Mayor, City Treasurer, Municipal Judge and appointive officers, expires in April,
1933; City Attorney and City Clerk in April, 1934. a
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Jean H. Coffman and Jear. H.
Coffman as Executrix of estate
of C. T. Coffman, deceased.
Comple. int in Equity
Filed: October 31, 1925
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Comes plaintiff and for cause of action states that on October O
29, 1925 defendant Jean H. Coffman entered into a written contract wi thM
him to sell to him Lot 42 Block 2 Tuxedo Park Addition to Little Rock, A
Arkansas, for the surf, of $350.00 cash payable upon her executing to
him her warranty deed conveying good title tosa.id lands: N
Th: -.t he has offered to pay said money and has demanded that she Y
comply with the contract on defendants part which she has failed to do
and he now offers said money in court and demands such deed. B
"therefore he prays a decree of specific preformance of said con- U
tract a copy of which is attached ;s part hereof and for costs and all I
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Comes Jean i. Coffman and Jean -j. Coffman a
Of C. T. Coffman decd Ana for s Executrix
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the widow and the duly appointedsexecutirxrOf ssaidlC. T.
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part, said �arill having been
probated and a cop sa e with
as part hereof. y °f sane with codicil thereto
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give some interest to the City f laact
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?therefore defendant prays that the nCitdoof lottteurporto do so. e
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herein to the end th -t it 'nay set up any rightsk a
may claim in said lands and that which it
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herein and prays further that plaintiff be
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lands $350.00 and accepting
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costs and all proper relief.
Signed: R.D.Lee Pro Se J.C. I:arshall soi for _ _
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;fie the undersigned agree that this case may be tried uroon the
following agreed statement of facts to -wit:
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Jean H. Coffman is the widow of C. T.
tiie duly apY�ointed and Coffman deceased and is
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execu+tirx of his extate; that the will
and codicil left by him has been duly probated in
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copy thereof.
Said Jean H. Coffman is the person mentioned in said will and
codicil as the wife
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of said C. T. Coffman and the lands herein involved.Y
being Lot 42 Block 2 Tuxedo Park
Addition to Little Rock, Arkansas, is
part of the property left by said C. T. Coffman.
The only claim of the City of Little Rock to said lands above
described is by
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pea.son of said wili and codicil thereto.
Plaintiff and defendant entered into the
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part hereof. Plaintiff has offered to comely with his Dart of said
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to said lands which he has declined to
receive on account of the pro-
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the right to execute a deed conveying good title to said lands.
Signed: R.D.Lee Pro Se J.C. Marshall Sol for Defts A.B. Cypert Sol for
City of Little Rock
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For the sum of $350.00 cash I agree to sell to R. D. Lee Lot
42 Block 2 Tuxedo Park Addition to Little Rock, Arkansas and agree
to give aim a warianty deed thereto conveying good title.
This October 29, 1925.
(Signed) Jean H. Coffman.
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On this day come Jean H. Coffman and. Jean H. Coffman as executrix O
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of the estate of C. T. Coffman, deceased, defendants by J.C. Marshall, P
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on this day come the parties hereto, and by leave ofthe court C
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file herein their agreed statement of facts. M
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written contract of sale with said R. D. Lee on October 29, 1925, for
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the sale to him of Lot 42, ,lock 2, Tuxedo Park Addition to Little
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Rock, Arkansas for the sum of $350.00 cash upon her executing; to him
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her warranty deed conveying, good title thereto, same `"einr, pro -perty
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left by said C. T. Coffman by his said will to his said widow.
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It is therefore nonsidered, ordered and decreed by the court
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that said Jean H. Coffman execute anc deliver her warranty deed to
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said R. D. Lee tc said lands and that he pay to her said sum of 9350.00
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therefore; that she recover from him all her costs herein expended;
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that the City of Little Rock, take nothing by reason of its claim and
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defense herein on account of said will and codicil.
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R. D. Lee
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jPan H. Coffman_ & Jean H.
Coffman as Executor of the
Estate of C. T. Coffman,
Deceased.
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Dated: November 21,1G25 S
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On this day the plaintiff' appears in proper and defendant, Jean O
H. Coffman, individualy and as executrix as aforesaid appears by her M
solicitor, J.C.arshall and defendant, City of Little Rock appears P
by her soliciotr, Boyd Cypert and this cause coming, on for hearing A
on the complaint of plaintiff and the answer and cross - complaint of N
defendant and the agreed statement of facts signed by all the parties Y
including copy of the wi11 and codicil of said C. T. Coffman, deceased
and the contract of sale attached thereto and made part thereof and B
the court being well and sufficiently advised finds the facts as U
stated in the agreed statement of facts a.nd finds further that said I
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his widow, Jean H. Coffman absolutely and in fee simDle forever and D
that the codicil thereto is insufficient to limit the effect of said I
will as above stated or to out down the estate given to any less
estate than that of an absolute estte and in fee simple as above stated .G
The court further finds that said Jean H. Coffman entered into a