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COMPTON v. WHITE

No. 79-135.

587 S.W.2d 829 (1979)

Maragrette COMPTON, Administratrix of the Estate of Willie H. Griffin, Deceased, Appellant, v. Pearlie Mae WHITE, Guardian, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coleman, Gantt, Ransay & Cox, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Bridges, Young, Matthews, Holmes & Drake, Drake, Bynum & Dennis, Ltd., Pine Bluff, for appellees.

HICKMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a Jefferson County Probate decree granting three illegitimate children the right to inherit from their father.

The probate judge ruled that Ark.Stat. Ann. § 61-141(d) was unconstitutional in the light of a United States Supreme Court decision, Trimble v. Gordon, 430 U.S. 762, 97 S.Ct. 1459, 52 L.Ed.2d 31, decided April 26, 1977. The probate judge also held any common law rule...

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