Legal Opinion
Bakos v. Kryder
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 8, 1976No. 76-103PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ElsijaneT. Roy, Justice.
Mayme (May) Bakos Gaffney, a resident of Garland County, died testate on July 16, 1972. Her will, dated January 31, 1972, and an instrument purporting to be a holographic codicil1 were duly admitted to probate, and William Howard Kryder and Raymon Ledwidge, the designated co-executors, qualified and were duly appointed.
The will provided for numerous charitable dispositions and the establishment of a fund, known as the Bakos Fund, for the benefit of certain children in the Hot Springs Children’s Home. Appellants, the sole heirs at law of decedent, filed a petition for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Russell v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Biscoe v. ThweattSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- McDonald v. ShawSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Hanel v. SpringleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963
- Rufty v. BrantlySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1942
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Armstrong v. ButlerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Frances Lancaster Larry Lancaster v. Merchants National Bank of Fort Smith, ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Frances Lancaster Larry Lancaster v. Merchants National Bank of Fort Smith, ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992