AVANCE v. RICHARDS

No. 97-134.

959 S.W.2d 396 (1998)

331 Ark. 32

Jack AVANCE, Jr., Robert Shelby, and Carmon Wigley, Appellants, v. Virginia R. RICHARDS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence W. Fitting, Fort Smith, for Appellants.

Phillip A. Bagby, Van Buren, for Appellee.


NEWBERN, Justice.

Smith and Etta Jordan, husband and wife, each wrote a holographic will on July 8, 1976. The documents contained common provisions leaving property to the survivor. Ms. Jordan survived Mr. Jordan. In 1990, Ms. Jordan placed money in a joint checking account with right of survivorship. The other person named as depositor was appellee Virginia Richards. At the time of Ms. Jordan's death in 1995, the account contained approximately $121,700. Ms. Richards...

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