Legal Opinion · Dissent

Johnson v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided October 19, 1954No. 35937Published

1DissentHalley, Chief Justice

I am compelled to dissent in this case and in order that there be- no misunderstanding about this instrument which the majority opinion says should be admitted to probate, I am setting out a photostatic copy of the front and back -thereof:

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*935Both the County Judge and the District Judge denied this writing probate.

Under my conception of the law of wills, I would never agree that the foregoing instrument should be admitted to probate.

In the first place it was not executed according to Section 55, 84 O.S. 1951, which is as follows:

“Every will, other than á nuncupative will, must be in writing; and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Hill v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
  2. In Re Stover's WillSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  3. In Re Abrams' WillSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
  4. Knoll v. HartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  5. Sharp v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886

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