BECK v. BATES

No. 5-3581.

390 S.W.2d 103 (1965)

John R. BECK, Appellant, v. Rev. B. Franklin BATES et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Hall, Little Rock, for appellant.

Reed Williamson, by Lesly W. Mattingly, Jacksonville, for appellees.


WARD, Justice.

On September 19, 1964, the parents of six minor children herein involved met their death under tragic circumstances. The children (all girls except one) ranged in age from thirteen months to thirteen years.

On September 29, 1964 John R. Beck (a resident of Little Rock and an uncle of the children) filed a petition in Probate Court which named as the nearest of kin the following:

Mrs. L. H. Betts, Maternal Grandmother, Norwich, England...

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