Smith v. Van Dusen

Neill Bohlinger, Associate Justice.

Parties to this lawsuit reside in Hot Spring County. Roy M. Van Dusen died intestate suddenly on December 2, 1959.

For some years prior to his death it appears that Roy M. Van Dusen had enjoyed a close relationship, almost that of a congenial family, with Hester H. Smith and her sisters, Lewis Cooper Smith, Lethe E. Smith, Sherwood D. Smith, and her brother, Joe C. Smith. It further appears that Roy M. Van Dusen, over the years, had taken most of his meals with the Smith family and kept some of his important papers at their house.

On January 12, 1959, Roy Van…