Estate of Mayberry v. Mayberry

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This appeal is taken by the Estate of Nora Mayberry which urges that the probate court erred in finding that no ademption of Nora Mayberry’s specific bequest to her daughter, appellee Helen Mayberry, occurred. At issue here was a bequest of a savings account at “Arkansas Trust Bank” in Hot Springs, 1 held jointly by Nora Mayberry and Helen May-berry, which was bequeathed so that Helen Mayberry could have free access to the account for her life. The joint savings account was closed by Nora Mayberry prior to her death, and three certificates of deposit were purchased by…