Dean v. Jelsma

The majority opinion here so misconstrues the facts and law in this case I am compelled to dissent.

This is not an involved case as far as the facts are concerned. Joseph Charles Dean married Julia Finnegan on the 11th day of October, 1899, at Louisville, Kentucky. Of this marriage one child, Marie Katherine Dean, now Jelsma, was born on December IS, 1900. Soon after 1900 the family moved to Shawnee, Oklahoma, where Mr. & Mrs. Dean engaged in the bakery business. The Deans accumulated some property. On May 7, 1919, Julia Finnegan Dean died. She left no estate. In August of the same year, Mr.…