Hutchings v. Bailey

HUNT, Justice.

Irene Hutchings offered for probate in the County Court of Pontotoc County a will dated March 25, 1948, signed by George B. Bailey and attested by two witnesses, as provided by statute, 84 O.S.1951 § 55, by the terms of which a bequest of $50 was made to one Mrs. Sadie Fulton, a bequest of $5 to his only son, George Bailey, and the rest and residue of his property to proponent, Mrs. Hutchings, naming her executrix without bond.

In her petition for probate of the will the proponent alleged that deceased’s son was in the armed forces and asked that an attorney be appointed to…