ADVENTIST LAYMEN'S FOUNDATION v. BENNETT

No. 80-72.

601 S.W.2d 830 (1980)

ADVENTIST LAYMEN'S FOUNDATION, et al., Appellants, v. Alpha Miller BENNETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon R. Sanford, Sanford, Pate & Marschewski, Russellville, for appellants.

J. Marvin Holman, Clarksville, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

The Adventist Laymen's Foundation is a non-profit corporation which was formed for essentially religious purposes. Alpha Miller Bennett, the appellee, and her husband had attended religious services conducted by this organization in Johnson County, Arkansas. After the death of her husband she deeded a tract of land, consisting of about 90 acres, to the foundation, reserving to herself a life estate. This was in 1974. The next year, in February, 1975...

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