FOWLER v. HOGUE

No. 82-55.

635 S.W.2d 274 (1982)

Doris Bowden FOWLER, et al., Appellants, v. John HOGUE, Trustee, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frierson, Walker, Snellgrove & Laser by G. D. Walker, Jonesboro, for appellants.

Sam Boyce, Newport, for appellees.


HICKMAN, Justice.

The question before us involves the interpretation of the language in a testamentary trust. We affirm the trial court's determination which essentially was that the plain and ordinary meaning of the language controls.

Delphia Wilson, whose estate consisted primarily of farm land in Poinsett County, created a trust in her will for certain beneficiaries who were to receive during their respective lives the following income from the trust:<...

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