Festinger v. Kantor

I respectfully dissent on the grounds that the Order of Chicot County Chancery Court entered September 1, 1964, is now res judicata to the issues there presented and the parties to that order are now barred from raising such issues in this appeal.

The Order of September 1, 1964, specifically provides:

That Helen Epstein Kantor, Sylvia Epstein Angel and Melvyn Epstein Festinger have elected and do elect to continue said Trust until the death of the last one of said beneficiaries under said Will and as the sole surviving heirs at law of Sam Epstein, deceased.

We have long held that consent decrees…