Legal Opinion
Matter of Estate of O'Donnell
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 4, 1991No. 90-257PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Donald L. Corbin, Justice.
This appeal comes from an order of the Probate Court of Crittenden County, denying probate of two documents, granting dower, and distributing the estate. Appellant, William L. O’Donnell, brother of decedent Harold O’Donnell and executor of the estate, filed a petition for probate of two documents, the first document being a holographic instrument dated May 23,1988, and the second document being a typewritten instrument dated October 9, 1979. Appellee, Patricia O’Donnell, widow of the decedent, contested the admission of both documents to probate.
Appellants, William…
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