Estate of Samochee
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
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
- Hill v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- McCarty v. WeatherlySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
- Speaks v. SpeaksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- In Re Will of Son-Se-GraSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Hubbell v. HoustonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
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