Dungey v. Dowdy

This proceeding was commenced by the State of Oklahoma in escheat. C. W. Dungey died January 9, 1939, leaving real and personal property in Pontotoc county. His estate was probated therein and R. E. Blanks acted as administrator. On the 12th day of October, 1939, the final account of the administrator was approved and a finding made by the probate court that C. W. Dungey died intestate leaving no heirs. On the 17th day of August, 1940, the petition in escheat was filed seeking to declare the property, real and personal, escheated to the State of Oklahoma.

On January 20, 1941, Mina Dowdy, nee…