EDWARDS v. AUSTIN

No. 5-1856.

324 S.W.2d 507 (1959)

Wilse A. EDWARDS et al., Appellants, v. John AUSTIN et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talley & Owen, by Wayne W. Owen, Little Rock, for appellants.

Murphy & Arnold, Batesville, Fred M. Pickens, Jr., Newport, for appellees.


HARRIS, Chief Justice.

This appeal is another phase of litigation arising as a result of reciprocal wills executed by Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Edwards in 1950, and a subsequent will executed by Mr. Edwards in 1955.1

Mr. and Mrs. Edwards lived in Newark, and acquired extensive holdings in both real and personal property. They were the parents of one child, a daughter, Hazel, who died in 1922. Soon after her death, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards...

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