The answer to this question depends on whom you ask. At least it seems to be that way in Arkansas. After about five years of litigation, a divided Supreme Court in Arkansas has held that a bequest of 237 acres of farmland vested in the church upon the death of the donor, despite life interests in the farm income to four relatives of the donor and a transfer of the church’s interest upon its closing to a successor entity. Stanley Carpenter died in 1967 owning the farmland in Mississippi County. His will provided for the appointment of a bank trustee whose job would be to provide income from the farm to four relatives for their lives, then sell the real estate and distribute the proceeds “in...