FAITH v. SINGLETON

No. 85-66.

692 S.W.2d 239 (1985)

286 Ark. 403

Mary Ada Joyner FAITH, et al., Appellants, v. Ira W. SINGLETON, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pollard and Cavaneau, P.A. by Odell Pollard, Searcy, for appellants.

Lightle, Beebe, Raney and Bell by A. Watson Bell, Searcy, for appellees.


HICKMAN, Justice.

The trial court refused to admit to probate an instrument signed by Tennie Joyner and duly witnessed, because Mrs. Joyner had said several days before that she did not want a will but merely a piece of paper which, upon her death, would allow Calvin Britton to live in her home and use her furnishings as long as he lived. The trial judge ruled that there was no intent to make a will. We reverse the judgment.

Mrs. Joyner, who was 80 and faced...

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