Frakes v. Hunt

583 S.W.2d 497 (1979)

Marie FRAKES, Appellant,

v.

Ray HUNT et al., Appellees.

No. 79-33.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

June 25, 1979.

Dan Stripling, Jim Burnett, Clinton, for appellant.

Stephen Choate, Heber Springs, Anne E. Owings, Little Rock, for appellees.

BYRD, Justice.

The pivotal issue in this case is whether we should give retroactive effect to Trimble v. Gordon, 430 U.S. 762, 97 S.Ct. 1459, 52 L.Ed.2d 31 (1977). The facts giving rise to this litigation show that Linn Hunt died intestate on April 19, 1972. He had never married but had numerous collateral heirs, appellees Ray Hunt, et al.…