GIFFORD v. ESTATE OF GIFFORD

No. 90-292.

805 S.W.2d 71 (1991)

305 Ark. 46

Joel S. GIFFORD, Jr., Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Mary Ella GIFFORD, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Petty, Searcy, for appellant.

Richard Hatfield, Little Rock, Robert Hudgins, Searcy, for appellee.


HAYS, Justice.

The question for decision is whether a memorandum in the handwriting of the testatrix was incorporated into her will by reference. The probate judge found that it was. We sustain that finding.

Mary Ella Gifford died on February 26, 1989. Mrs. Gifford's daughter, Julia Gifford Haines, proffered four instruments as the decedent's last will and testament: a two page handwritten note dated January 1980, another handwritten note, also in two pages...

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