Jasper v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

BOYUM, Chief Justice.

This matter is properly before the Supreme Court pursuant to Cherokee Code § 7-2(e). In accordance with Cherokee Rules of Appellate Procedure (RAP) 11(b)(3), the Court will review and render a decision on the record without oral argument.

Opinion

The following facts are not in dispute:

1.) The 2003 will of Gladys A. Wright is a valid will.

2.) Item II of said will reads as follows:

“All property which I own, or of which I may have the right to dispose of at the time of my death, both real and personal, I give, devise and bequeath to my children, Henry L. Wright, Jr., K. Susan…