Legal Opinion
Chapin v. Stuckey
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 1, 1985No. 85-15PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
This appeal concerns the appointment of a receiver to manage Judd Hill Plantation, 4,761 acres of farm land in Poinsett County, Arkansas.
In 1933 Judd Hill gave the plantation bearing his name to his daughter, Esther Hill Chapin and to her husband, Samuel C. Chapin. Thereafter, the Chapins farmed the lands until 1976 when Samuel Chapin died, survived by Esther and three children of a deceased son. The will of Samuel Chapin purported to leave one-half of his estate to Esther and the other half in trust for the support, education and maintenance of his grandchildren and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- California v. LaRueSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Gordon v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Hilburn v. First State Bank of SpringdaleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
- Titan Oil & Gas, Inc. v. ShipleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
- Williams v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Harvey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
- Boeckmann v. MitchellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- Pearson v. First National BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
- Williams v. Brushy Island Public Water AuthoritySupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006
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