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SMITH v. MacDONALD

No. 5-5918.

481 S.W.2d 741 (1972)

Hazel SMITH et al., Appellants, v. Fred MacDONALD, Special Administrator, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daggett & Daggett, Marianna, for appellants.

Carroll C. Cannon, Forrest City, Dan P. Kennett, Brinkley, Eugene S. Harris, Pine Bluff, for appellees.

JONES, Justice.

Julian Leland Rutherford died on March 4, 1971, and this is an appeal by his collateral heirs (cousins) from an order of the Monroe County Probate Court admitting a handwritten instrument to probate as the holographic will of Julian Leland Rutherford. Neither the testamentary capacity of the decedent nor the total disposition of his property under the terms of the instrument is in issue. The sole issue is one of law as to whether the instrument was...

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