Court Opinion

ID: 9825626
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 13:48:43.387119+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:41:13.525426
License: Public Domain

McFaddin, J. (concurring in order overruling petition for rehearing). I concur in the order overruling the petition for rehearing, and I take this occasion to point out that I think the time has come when this court should re-examine the holdings in such cases as Morris v. Covey, 104 Ark. 226, 148 S. W. 257, and Adcox v. James, 168 Ark. 842, 271 S. W. 980, (concerning reformation of deeds involving relinquishment of dower) in the light of modern day legislation on the rights and equalities of married women. The rule of these cases is a survival of the time when the law served as a guardian of married women. Now they need no such guardianship; and the rule of these cases should be re-examined. What may be the result of such re-examination is not forecast. I do not necessarily mean the rule should be changed — but I do think the rule should be re-examined.