Baerlocker v. Highsmith

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

Luella Turner’s will divided her estate equally between the Arkansas Chapter of the American Cancer Society and Ouachita Baptist University. Appellants Ruth Baerlocker and Bernadine Dean, Mrs. Turner’s sisters, contested the will in probate court, alleging Mrs. Turner was incompetent to execute a will and that she was under the undue influence of persons unknown. After the appellants presented their proof, the probate judge ruled in favor of appellee Sam Highsmith, executor of Mrs. Turner’s estate. We agree that the appellants failed to meet their burden of proof…