MATTER OF ESTATE OF SHARP

No. 91-2.

810 S.W.2d 952 (1991)

306 Ark. 268

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Glenn W. SHARP, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm R. Smith, Stuttgart, for appellant.

Alston Jennings, Sr., Little Rock, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

This is a proof-of-will case in which only one disinterested witness testified that the testator signed the will. The probate court admitted the will to probate. We reverse and remand.

The instrument offered as a will purportedly contained the testator's signature, and, although it did not contain an attestation clause, two (2) people signed it as witnesses. At trial, three (3) witnesses testified about the testator's signature. The first...

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