Turner v. Turner

The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the lower court.

Henderson Turner died in Grady county, Oklahoma, in March, 1936, intestate. He owned 140 acres of land in that county. He was survived by eight children, who were his sole and only heirs. A son, J. D. Turner, was living on the land. There was a mortgage on the premises with about $1,400 due upon it. J. D. Turner desired to get title to the land in himself, which would enable him to refinance the loan and better manage the proprety. He discussed this matter with different persons. In 1937 he went to Ada, Oklahoma, where his…