Newton County v. Davison

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

This is the second appeal concerning the estate of Sue S. Morak, deceased. In the first, we were asked by Newton County to decide whether the probate court erred by failing to remove the administrator of Mrs. Morak’s estate because of a conflict of interest and misadministration. Newton County v. West, 288 Ark. 432, 705 S.W.2d 887 (1986). This court found that, based on the incomplete record before us, we could not say that the probate court erred as a matter of law. Although it was argued at the probate court hearing in that case that Newton County was an…