UNITED STATES v. 726.23 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS

No. 84-1774.

746 F.2d 1363 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 726.23 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN MARION, NEWTON AND SEARCY COUNTIES, STATE OF ARKANSAS, and Elsie M. Blair, et al., and Unknown Owners, Defendants. Doris Ruth Clagett PARKHILL, Appellant, v. Weldon Kenway CLAGETT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra K. Brown, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Phillip Carroll, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Doris Ruth Clagett Parkhill appeals from the denial of her claim to the proceeds from the condemnation of certain land in Arkansas. The sole issue on appeal is whether Parkhill has a right to a portion of these funds by reason of a provision in the will of her mother, Mary Clagett. On the issue presented to us, we hold that she does not, and affirm.

The will contained the following devise:

To my beloved son, Weldon Kenway Clagett...

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