Dunn v. Means

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

This case involves the denial of the Probate Court of Garland County to probate an instrument as the will of Claude Rogers.

On August 2, 1989, Mr. Rogers, who was 78-years-old and unmarried, had been living with Ms. Maxine Robertson in a home that they had purchased jointly in October of the preceding year. In anticipation of extended travels, Mr. Rogers and Ms. Robertson invited Judee and Bill Dunn, Ms. Robertson’s daughter and son-in-law, and Ina Witherspoon, a friend, to dinner that night. During the course of the evening, Ms. Robertson drafted a two-and-a-half…