SHAMOON v. TOMBRIDGE

No. 86-148.

723 S.W.2d 827 (1987)

291 Ark. 222

Malcolm SHAMOON, Appellant, v. Mariam S. TOMBRIDGE, Executrix of the Estate of Abraham S. Shamoon, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gill, Johnson, Gill & Gill by Kenneth Johnson, Dumas, for appellant.

David F. Gillison, Jr., Lake Village, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

The trial court admitted the testator's will to probate. His son, an only child, a minor beneficiary under the will, appeals from that decision on the ground that his father died intestate. We agree with the appellant that the will was erroneously admitted to probate because it does not comply with the Arkansas law.

The will in this case was executed on May 31, 1985, while the decedent was in the hospital. He died on June 4, 1985. The signatures...

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