Kessler v. Stewart

William Perry Card died intestate in Oklahoma. At the time of his decease he was a resident of that state. When he was in his last illness, as it afterward transpired, he wired his daughter, Addie V. Stewart, who resided in Los Angeles County, California, that he was ill and she immediately proceeded to Oklahoma by train. Mrs. Stewart had no reason to suppose that her father’s death was imminent and prepared to remain in Oklahoma long enough to nurse him back to health. Unfortunately, however, he passed away before she reached his bedside. Card had been married twice and Mrs. Stewart was a…