Dickerson v. Union Nat. Bank of Little Rock

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The principal question on this appeal is whether a trust created by the holographic will of Nina Martin Dickerson, who died on June 21, 1967, is void under the rule against perpetuities, because it is possible that the interest of the various beneficiaries may not vest within the period allowed by that rule. Cecil H. Dickerson, Jr., one of the testatrix’s two sons, attacks the validity of the trust. The chancellor rejected Cecil’s attack on two grounds; First, Cecil should have raised the question of the validity of the trust in the probate court in connection with…