JACKSON v. ESTATE OF JACKSON

No. 5-5408.

460 S.W.2d 799 (1970)

Doyle H. JACKSON, Executor, Appellant, v. ESTATE of Rhea C. JACKSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis V. Lewis, Little Rock, for appellant.

Sloan, Butler, Ragsdale & Dishongh, Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

This appeal results from the refusal of the probate court to construe a will as a valid instrument. On appeal the appellant raises only one question: "Where the intention of a testatrix may be ascertained from a reading of an instrument purporting to be a will, does the absence of a formal distributive clause render it invalid as a testamentary disposition?"

In September 1966 an instrument designated as the "Last Will And Testament Of Otis R...

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