McDonald v. Petty

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This case is a sequel to McDonald, Ex’x v. Petty, 254 Ark. 705, 496 S.W. 2d 365, 414 U.S. 1105, 38 Law Ed. 2d 733, 94 S. Ct. 831 (1973). The background facts of this litigation are sufficiently recited in the earlier case in which we reversed a finding that there was an oral contract to make a will naming some of1 the present appellees as beneficiaries. After our decision these appellees filed a petition for probate of a holographic will. Apparently, the document was discovered by one of the appellees during the pendency of the first case. The probate court found that…