Kelley v. Reed

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Beulah Kelley of Batesville died in January, 1976. Her will, executed in August, 1954, was admitted to probate in the Independence County Probate Court. The Executor appointed was Stanley Reed, Chairman of the Administrative Board, First United Methodist Church of Batesville. The appellants, K. A. Kelley and Monnie Wilcox, brother and sister of Beulah Kelley, contested the will.

In the first hearing on this matter, the probate judge granted the appellees ’ demurrer to the evidence and dismissed the appellants’ contest at the conclusion of their evidence. We decided, in…