Court Opinion

ID: 9644361
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 20:54:00.604751+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:12.271872
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Darrell Hickman, Justice, dissenting. I would not reach the question of the rule against perpetuties. The appellant in 1967 personally filed a petition asking that the instrument be admitted to probate. Later he was notified a question was raised regarding an interpretation of the trust provision. The estate was finally closed. The chancellor found the appellant was estopped to now question the document. Twelve years is a rather long time for one to wait to object to something one intiated and in effect approved in the first place. The chancellor’s findings in this regard are not to be set aside unless clearly erroneous. Ferguson v. Guy don, 148 Ark. 295, 230 S.W. 260 (1921); Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 52.