Barker v. Nelson

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is a second appeal. The litigation concerns a 1982 conveyance by Robert L. Barker and Helen Barker to their sons, Robert A. Barker II and Daniel Thomas Barker, appellees. In that transaction the parents deeded lots in Crossett to the sons, retaining a life estate in themselves. The deed was shown to the sons at a family gathering and then retained by the parents. Shortly after the meeting each son received a photostatic copy of the warranty deed.

After Helen Barker’s death in 1988 Robert L. Barker announced his intention to remarry, prompting the sons to record one of…