BARNES v. SEWELL

No. 80-37.

598 S.W.2d 77 (1980)

Jim BARNES, Executor, Appellant, v. Jane Christania SEWELL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd Clardy, III, Nashville, for appellant.

Philip M. Clay, Glenwood, for appellee.


FOGLEMAN, Chief Justice.

The sole question on this appeal is whether the probate judge erred in holding that a paragraph in the will of Sophina Carter was a specific, rather than a general, bequest. We find that he did not and affirm.

Mrs. Carter left an instrument dated February 7, 1977, as her will. It was offered for probate upon the petition of appellant Jim Barnes, who was named as executor by a codicil executed by Mrs. Carter on March 23, 1977. The third...

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