Court stays eviction of Connecticut herbalist's widower

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An appeals court has temporarily stopped the eviction of the widower of famed herbalist Adelma Grenier Simmons from her once-acclaimed Connecticut farm.

The state Appellate Court agreed Wednesday to hear the case, just four days before the deadline set by a lower court judge for 81-year-old Edward Cook to leave the "Caprilands" farm in Coventry and remove a horse, seven sheep and other items. The court has not set a date for arguments.

Simmons and Cook were married for about four years when she died in 1997 at age 93. She was credited with helping popularize the use of herbs in American cooking and published more than 50 books and pamphlets.