CARMODY v. BETTS

No. CA 07-1286.

289 S.W.3d 174 (2008)

Thomas G. CARMODY and Dr. Norman C. Savers Jr., as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Helen Virginia Coan, Deceased, and on Behalf of the Heirs of Helen Virginia Coan, Appellants, v. George Philip BETTS as Executor of the Estate of Linnie Betts, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilkinson Carmody Gilliam, by: Arthur R. Carmody, Jr.; Marshall & See, by: Pat Marshall; and Katherine Savers McGovern, for appellants.

Harrell, Lindsey & Carr, P.A., by: Paul E. Lindsey, for appellee Michael P. Gaughan.

Allen P. Roberts, for appellee Estate of Joseph William Patrick Coan, Jr., Deceased.

Dover Dixon Horne PLLC, by: Gary B. Rogers, for appellee Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.

James M. Pratt, Jr., for appellee George P. Betts, Administrator of the Estate of Linnie Betts, Deceased.

Eugene D. Bramblett, for appellee BancorpSouth, Inc.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP, by: Bettina E. Brownstein and James R. Van Dover, for appellee Western Surety Company.


ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Judge.

Thomas Carmody and Dr. Norman Savers, as co-administrators of the Estate of Helen Coan, deceased, and on behalf of her heirs, have appealed from a circuit court's order construing the 1984 will of Ms. Coan's brother, Joseph Coan, Jr. Because Ms. Coan was disabled and remained incompetent all of her life, Mr. Coan served as guardian of her person and estate and set up a testamentary trust for her support in his will. Ms. Coan also had substantial...

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