In Re Giordano's Estate

The principal question involved in this appeal is whether at the time of the death of William E. Giordano on August 27, 1944, the defendant in error, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, was his common-law wife. The issue arose in proceedings which petitioner, who had once been known as Marie Maddox, instituted in the county court of Oklahoma county, for the appointment of herself as administratrix of said decedent's estate. Contesting petitioner's right to said appointment on the ground that she was not the intestate's widow, were the plaintiff in error (a sister of the intestate) and…