Opinion ID: 1564053
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: miscellaneous additional issues

Text: There were various other miscellaneous issues raised by the appellants or the appellees on appeal or cross-appeal. Among them are the appellants' assertion that the trial court erred in dismissing the Becke Ruth Epstein Trust properties from the suit; the appellees' objection to the court's holding that the lands acquired by the Sam Epstein Testamentary Trust during its existence were also entailed in the same manner as lands owned by Sam Epstein prior to his death; the appellees' objection to the chancellor's allocation of income to the various parties while the lawsuit was pending; and Sam Angel's objection to the action of the trial court in reducing his salary during the pendency of the lawsuit to the levels that existed prior to the institution of suit. We cannot find that the chancellor's actions on these points are clearly erroneous and, therefore, affirm the same. Rule 52 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure. In cases 80-174 and 80-184, the appellants' objected to the actions of the chancellor in selling the cotton gin, the related acreage and improvements thereto and confirming the same while the substantive issues regarding the interpretation of the will and the order of partition were pending in this court under Cause 80-15. Additionally, appellants objected to the minimum sales price (or upset price) set by the chancellor as being the minimum amount the trustees were authorized to accept at the sale. In the first place, no order of supersedeas or supersedeas bond has been abstracted by the appellants and we could find no such order or bond in the record. Under Rule 8(a) of the Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure, a supersedeas order and bond are necessary to stay any proceedings on the decree or order being appealed from. Additionally, upon a review of the abstract of pleadings and testimony, we are unable to find that the chancellor's actions are clearly erroneous. Rule 52 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure. Finally, after all briefs had been submitted, but prior to oral argument in this case, the appellants and appellees filed motions to dismiss the appeals and the cross-appeals in Cause 80-15 on the basis of actions taken by the respective parties relating to the sale of the cotton gin and other properties. The points raised by these motions have been rendered moot by the decisions above and are, therefore, denied. The decision in Cause 80-15 is affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded to the trial court for proceedings not inconsistent herewith. The decisions of the chancellor in Causes 80-174 and 80-184 are affirmed at the cost of appellants. ADKISSON, C. J., and HOLT, J., not participating. MICHAEL CASTLEMAN, Special Justice, joins in the opinion. PURTLE and HAYS, JJ., dissent in part.