Legal Opinion

Cook v. Jeffett

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 22, 1925PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.

This proceeding is unusual in that it involves contests of two wills proved to have been executed by the same testatrix. No question is raised about the peculiarity of this feature of the proceeding.

The testatrix, Mrs. Nannie L. Jeffett, who was a childless widow, executed a last will and testament on July 17, 1917, and after her death, which occurred'on December 21, 1920, appellees presented that instrument for probate in Woodruff County, where the testatrix resided. Mrs. Jeffett executed another last wall and testament in due form, dated November 2,1920, and appellants presented it for…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Throckmorton v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  2. In Re the Probate of the Will of HopkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
  3. Eschbach v. CollinsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1884
  4. Bigelow v. GillottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
  5. Eagle v. PetersonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Hall v. ætna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1951
  3. Walpole v. LewisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  4. Fisher v. ThompsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1929
  5. Starnes v. AndreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967

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