Morris v. Garmon

Steele Hays, Justice.

By this appeal we are asked to reverse a probate court finding that Mrs. Alren Morrison was domiciled in Ft. Smith, Arkansas when she executed a will in November, 1979, and when she died in August, 1983. This dispute over a part of her estate is between her brother, the devisee under her will, and her son-in-law and two granddaughters, the appellees.

Mrs. Morrison and her husband had lived in Ft. Smith for many years. After Mr. Morrison’s death in 1975 she continued to live in the home until 1979, when she fell and broke her hip. When she was ready to leave the hospital…