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LEWIS v. PETTY

No. 80-278.

613 S.W.2d 585 (1981)

R. W. LEWIS et al., Appellants, v. Carmen PETTY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon & Gordon by Edward Allen Gordon, Morrilton, for appellants.

John Norman Harkey, and Blair Arnold, Batesville, for appellee.

HOLT, Justice.

The probate court determined appellee to be the illegitimate daughter of the intestate decedent, who was never married. The appellants are collateral heirs, who question this ruling. The trial court found there was clear, cogent and convincing proof that appellee, Carmen Petty, is the illegitimate daughter of the decedent Major William Lewis. Appellants insist that the court erred in finding this to be the correct test of the necessary proof. They argue...

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