Sims v. Schavey

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

In May, 1923, the will of Edward L. Harper, Jr., a resident of Louisiana, was admitted to probate in Caddo Parish of that State. On the 6th day of October, 1959, a petition to probate the will was filed in the probate court of Ouachita County, Arkansas. The appellants herein, heirs at law of the testator, filed a response and asked that the petition to probate the will be denied. The probate court granted the petition and ordered the will admitted to probate-The testator’s heirs at law have appealed.

The issue here is whether our statute limiting the time in…