EDMONDSTON v. ESTATE OF FOUNTAIN

No. CA 02-842.

137 S.W.3d 415 (2003)

Sharon Kay EDMONDSTON v. The ESTATE OF Oral W. FOUNTAIN, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division III.

December 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy Blankenship, Batesville, for appellant.

Tom Thompson, Bill Walmsley, and Jerrie Grady, Batesville, for appellee.


ANDREE LAYTON ROAF, Judge.

This case involves the trial court's denial of a petition to probate an instrument as the holographic will of Oral W. Fountain. Sharon Kay Edmondston, Mrs. Fountain's daughter, appeals. Ms. Edmondston argues that the trial court erred because the decedent clearly intended that the instrument she wrote be her last will. We agree, and reverse and remand.

The instrument at issue in this case, a copy of which is attached to this opinion...

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