ATTWOOD v. ESTATE OF ATTWOOD

No. 81-177.

633 S.W.2d 366 (1982)

Janice ATTWOOD, Individually and As Mother and Next Friend of Richard Breck ATTWOOD, Appellant, v. The ESTATE OF Richard Breckenridge ATTWOOD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bridges, Young, Matthews, Holmes & Drake, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Coleman, Gantt, Ramsay & Cox by Martin G. Gilbert, Pine Bluff, for appellee.


JOHN W. BARRON, Jr., Special Justice.

Janice Attwood, individually and as mother and next friend of Richard Breck Attwood, brings this appeal contending that the court below erred in dismissing her complaint against the estate of Richard Breckenridge Attwood. The suit was dismissed pursuant to Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state facts upon which relief can be granted. The lower court found that the family immunity doctrine was a bar...

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