Guess v. Going

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Appellant Jefferson D. Guess, Jr., and other heirs to the estate of Anna Elizabeth Guess appeal an order of the Lonoke County Probate Court denying their request to remove appellee, Alice Going, as executrix of the estate, and appoint a substitute. On appeal they assert that the probate court erred in denying their request. We reverse.

Anna Elizabeth Guess lived a long and mostly independent life on a farm in Cabot. She raised seven children. By all accounts, she dealt with her descendants generously, loaning money and selling property on very favorable terms. For…