Earney v. Sharp

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is a second appeal and, like the first, involves the sufficiency of the proof of attestation of a will. When the case came before us initially, we held the probate judge had erred in admitting a will to probate without the testimony of two attesting witnesses. See in the Matter of the Estate of Sharp, 306 Ark. 268, 810 S.W.2d 952 (1991). The order was reversed and the case was remanded to the probate court for further proceedings.

On remand, the proponents of the will, over the objection of the contestants, undertook to present further evidence of attestation and the…