Legal Opinion

Estate of Samochee

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided October 28, 1975No. 48463PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BERRY, Justice.

This is appeal from trial court’s order admitting will to probate.

■ Samochee [testator], a fullblood Seminole Indian who spoke the Seminole language but could not speak, read, write, or understand English, executed a will on November 15, 1973.

In the will he gave his wife, Ida Bruner Samochee, his “love and affection.” He devised his one-half mineral interest in three 40 acre tracts to his two sons by prior marriage, Robert Harjo, a/k/a Robert Samochee, and Tema Harjo, a/k/a Tema Samochee [appellants]. They were his only children. He left remainder of his estate to “my good…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Hill v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
  2. McCarty v. WeatherlySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  3. Speaks v. SpeaksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  4. In Re Will of Son-Se-GraSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  5. Hubbell v. HoustonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of BealSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
  2. Estate of Gerard v. GerardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
  3. Thompson v. GammonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
  4. In re the Estate of BailessCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977
  5. Matter of Estate of YossCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997

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