Legal Opinion

Zini v. Perciful

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 30, 1986No. 86-76PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

George Rose Smith, Justice.

Angelo Zini died in October, 1983. By petition an attempt was made to probate any one of three separate writings as Mr. Zini’s will. The validity of all the proffered instruments was challenged. The court appointed a master to take testimony. This appeal is from a judgment adopting the master’s finding that none of the three writings was a valid will. One was found to be largely typewritten but not witnessed. The other two, though handwritten, were found to contain numerous strike-throughs, to be almost illegible, to fail to reflect an intent to make a will, and to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Byrd v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  2. Shorter University v. FranklinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  3. Smock v. CorpierSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1956

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. v. DossSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  2. Pyle v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
  3. Winters v. EldersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  4. Jolly v. HartjeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
  5. Jones v. RaglandSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987

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