SIDES v. BEENE

No. 96-1020.

938 S.W.2d 840 (1997)

327 Ark. 401

Alvalu SIDES, Appellant, v. Linda BEENE, Margie Melhorne, Tecora Hagy, Jim Hagy, Mollie Hagy, Melody Hagy, Beth Welshans, Bradley Welshans, Catherine Welshans Cantor, Cindy Welshans, Vanessa Welshans, & Wilson Welshans, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen K. Wood, West Memphis, for Appellant.

Fletcher Long, Jr., Forrest City, Kent J. Rubens, West Memphis, for Appellees.


IMBER, Justice.

This case involves the construction of a deed, and whether the appellant, an adopted child, was properly excluded from the remainder interest created by the deed. The trial court held that the language in the deed conveying property to the grantee for life, and then to the legal heirs of her body who survived her, created an estate tail, and further held that title to the property reverted to the grantors' estate. We find no error and affirm.

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