In Re the Estate of Atohka
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBIRD, Justice. '
This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court affirming, upon trial de novo, an order of the County Court of Lati-mer County, refusing admission to probate of the will of Simon Atohka, a full blood Choctaw Indian resident of said County, who died June 26, 1951, seized, and apparently residing upon, a portion of the Indian allotment of his pre-deceased Indian wife, •Melvina, estimated to be worth $2,500. Apparently the testator, whose exact age does not appear, but who was thought by some of the witnesses to be in his seventies, had no living blood relatives…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miller v. BushMontana Supreme Court · 1908
- Speaks v. SpeaksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- In Re Free's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
- In Re Jones' EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
- Amos v. FishSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
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