ELLIS v. ELLIS

No. 93-616.

868 S.W.2d 83 (1994)

315 Ark. 475

Alice ELLIS, Appellant, v. John ELLIS, Administrator of the Estate of Peter Ellis, Deceased, and Union Pacific Railroad, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia (Ginger) Atkinson, Roy Finch, Little Rock, for appellant.

No brief filed, for appellees.


HAYS, Justice.

Alice Ellis appeals from an order of the probate court rejecting her claim that settlement proceeds of a personal injury to her late husband were marital property. The probate court held the funds belonged to his estate, to be distributed pursuant to probate law. That ruling was correct.

Peter Ellis sustained personal injuries while employed by the Union Pacific Railroad. While settlement negotiations were underway Ellis died from unrelated...

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