SMITH v. NELSON

No. 5-1162.

299 S.W.2d 645 (1957)

Nora SMITH et al. Appellants, v. Mary G. NELSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. McClellan, Malvern, for appellants.

Sigun Rasmussen, Hot Springs, and John L. Hughes, Benton, for appellee.


ROBINSON, Justice.

The issue here is the validity of a purported will. On February 15, 1953, Harvey J. Nelson executed a typewritten instrument which he doubtless intended to be his will. The document, however, does not meet the requirements of the law so as to constitute it a valid will. Only one witness signed the instrument. Ark.Stats. § 60-104. Subsequent to Nelson's death, the purported typewritten will was offered for probate, but probate was denied because...

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