Legal Opinion
Stokes v. Stokes
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 23, 1981No. 80-141PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John I. Purtle, Justice.
In our opinion of December 8, 1980, we affirmed the order of the trial court. On petition for rehearing we reverse and remand. Inasmuch as the December 8, 1980, opinion was been published, we will restate the facts.
This appeal is from an order of the Pope County Probate Court allowing the appellee (widow) to take against the will of decedent, Carl J. Stokes. Appellants argue that several Arkansas statutes and a part of the Arkansas Constitution are. invalid because they violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United…
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