Luecke v. Mercantile Bank

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is the second appeal arising from a spousal murder-suicide. See Luecke v. Mercantile Bank of Jonesboro, 286 Ark. 304, 691 S.W.2d 843 (1985). Mrs. Nell Simpson died at the hands of her husband, S.L. Simpson, on October 7,1978. Mr. Simpson’s death occurred some hours later. The parties are identical in both appeals: Appellant Ann Luecke is a daughter of Mrs. Simpson by an earlier marriage and the executrix of Mrs. Simpson’s will; appellees are the daughters of Mr. Simpson, and Mercantile Bank is the executor of his will. Our jurisdiction occurs by reason of the second…