Legal Opinion

Ragland v. Commercial National Bank

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 28, 1982No. 82-117PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The testatrix, Halley S. Desvernine, executed a will bequeathing her diamond solitaire ring and her diamond wedding ring to her stepdaughter, Donna Desvernine Kiyotoki. Later she executed a codicil in which she removed the diamond wedding ring from the list of bequests to her step-daughter and bequeathed the diamond wedding ring, instead, to her niece, appellant Sue Stewart Ragland. After Mrs. Desvernine’s -death, the appellee bank, as co-executor of the will, inventoried the decedent’s safety deposit box and found the diamond solitaire ring and the diamond wedding…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Boling v. GibsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
  2. Porterfield v. Estate of PorterfieldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  3. McLaren v. CrossSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963
  4. Garnett v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1953

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Beatty v. USAA Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  2. Lyons v. LyonsCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1984
  3. McCune v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1983
  4. Sims v. Circuit Court of Pulaski CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 2007
  5. Chalmers v. ChalmersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997

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