WALT v. BEVIS

No. 5-4226.

414 S.W.2d 863 (1967)

242 Ark. 644

M. L. WALT et al., Appellants, v. William J. BEVIS et al. Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 22, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, for appellants.

Joe P. Melton and Chas. A. Walls, Jr., Lonoke, and Stanley E. Price, and Walter R. Brown, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.


FOGLEMAN, Justice.

This case turns upon the construction of the will of Samuel B. Kirk of Lonoke County who died January 27, 1890. Appellants contend that title to certain lands in Township One North, Range Nine West in Lonoke County, of which the testator died seized and possessed, vested in them as his nearest of kin upon the death of the last of Kirk's children without issue. They assert this claim under Item VIII of the will, contending that the will shows the...

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