Richardson v. Laney

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a will contest. The trial court held that Alton Richardson, who was named joint independent executor in O.W. Richardson’s will, had a conflict of interest with the estate. The court also held that a residence and two acres of land, a $35,000.00 certificate of deposit, and other personal property belonging to O.W. Richardson, although purportedly transferred to Alton Richardson and his half-sister, Juaquita Fox, by O.W. Richardson before his death, belonged to the estate rather than to Alton and Juaquita.

The court’s judgment…